a, it was my job to, to, in one of the lot of just spa july 6th. so thought everyone in the town called listen tours up days or nothing husband for answer to my long katia in dormancy mod done. it's a long evening stop. i had us, i was, it's way of i chosing this car because given a way to transmit, my name is in the rush moment and i will. i dw a. this is deducted years asia coming up to dave, the struggle for equality for taiwan. same sex couples. taiwan law makes it nearly

impossible for same sex couples to adopt a child they aren't biologically related to. but a court on the island has made it a landmark exception for one coupled. could this be a half finger of change class later in the program, especially focus on the environment and 2 stories of people doing simple things was to make big changes, beginning in indian control, to spray where the residents of a village have been keeping their local stream clean through collective action. and in pakistan, a 10 year old girl uses eco friendly doors to drive home the message of climate change to half years. ah, i'm finished energy. welcome to the dublin news asia. glad you could join us. taiwan is the only territory in asia where same sex couples can legally married,

but they can't register together as parents of a child they aren't biologically related to. only one among these parents is allowed to, but there is a way of hope. a court in taiwan has for the 1st time allowed to men who aren't biologically related to a child to register as her parents. activists are hoping this because of their capos same sex marital status. he couldn't take parental leave. sy niga documents all make medical decisions for his daughter or told our change. we started the adoption process together 5 years ago, need her not being care for her since the 1st day. she became her daughter. um you were a married couple, but legally we are forced to be a single parent family aid for this is pure discrimination. he law as a member of harmony society, i work hard and paid tax just like every one else, ortho. so why am i treated unequally?

oil based javier, dire. 3 years ago, taiwan became the 1st asian jurisdiction to legal i same sex marriage. the same sex couples still faced many restrictions. the current laws say any individual can adopt a child who is not biologically related, heterosexual capos can as well, but not same sex couples. that means people of the, our g, b, t, community can adopt as a single person, but their spouse cannot be registered as a legal parent. i propose, oh, to a man. the law has been held up in parliament for more than a year, although many appeared to support the change oil and bade. though i don't approve same sex couples adopting children because of all things need a family though and yet. but i think less been couples are bad to parents. children and she lives in palm. eda and i already legalized same sex marriage. and how can you bother from adopting children? it's a full package. she can't do half a cove on co you. but this is the same sex couples should have the same rights as everybody else. the law must keep up with the times and the sit idle. after their 3

year court batch, oh wang and chan. i relieved that ro finally has 2 legal parents, but it's a better st factory. the ruling only applies to this one case and does not set a legal precedent for others. are we on 3rd of so we no longer have to tolerate all the unfair treatment? so again, what is a complex feeling? oh, because we plan to adopt a 2nd child, which means we have to go through it all again and all of the tray, although there are many people congratulate us on making asian history with adoption, all. but we never want it to be ages. first family. we're just an ordinary families on really always we just want the equal rights that we deserve. and we're the thing again, dad or younger dad did have a corresponded joyce. lee file that reports what i said george, me from type barry with more. joyce, a taiwan was the 1st place in asia to allow same sex couples to married 2019. but when it comes to parenthood,

it isn't so liberal. what explains this difference or yes. in taiwan, the legalization of same sex marriage was actually driven by the constitutional court. ah, the island passed a bill in favor of gay marriage 3 years ago, despite the majority of the population voted against it in a referendum. so the laws are actually ahead of the times and on time, one is part of the conservative confusion, how tro, environment of east asia, anna, it's not as easy to push forward gender equality movement, especially when it comes to the concept of our family. for those who oppose our same sex couples rights to adopt, many are coming from the perspective of child protection. they think it's unfair to the children because they may be bullied or discriminated against as they grow up with same sex parents of things i graduate changing here. same sex couples are

gaining more social acceptance in the past 3 years. according to a recent survey conducted by a cabinet committee, 60 percent of taiwanese support adoption rights for same sex couples and 72 percent said that same sex couples are just as capable of raising children. as a heterosexual couples, rejoiced ado, actor wisdom, think that this got a case that you have or reported on will make it easier for same sex couples to adopt children. well, a case does not set any ego presidents for future cases, unfortunately, but it is still very encouraging to the algae bt community. currently, there are 2 other lesbian capos, falling lower suits, to try to get full legal rights for both parents. and they hope the court would def, similar ruling for you know, the say of their children's legal protection and are active as thing that other

cases are greatly. ford are because at least the society is now more aware of the issue. and they hope the case are, could push forward the bill to legalize adoption, rise for same sex couples jointly in taiwan. we leave with her for the time being. thank you so much for joining us today. ah, in india, a small village of less than 300 people decided a decade ago to keep their local stream clean. and they have stuck to their promise . since then, every friday, rodents of allan village in the mother of our district of india's jam weren't push me to territory, get together to remove garbage from their local stream. and so far this coming election has had fantastic results. it takes a whole village to keep this stream in indian administered kashmir. clean

dounia. what's your resources are getting polluted everywhere in the world? and so we're trying to keep the water clean in our village, all of us, including elders and children. take it as our responsibility to clean the string and proud of doing it as long as i live in this village, i'll keep the stream clean in this way, villages in remote ireland can all ex is fresh water. and that also benefits other settlements. allan, that thing that might benefit from this is the responsibility of every household here to keep the village clean. this is the 1st village to receive water from this stream enclosed down to hundreds of others by ram, our boss. if we keep it clean, others will follow to saturday. when i have i read bonnie gravel

every week villages meet up to collect trash out of the stream and each household is installed septic tanks to keep human waste out of this valuable water source. it hasn't always been this way. the stream was once badly polluted, but local women spearheaded the clean up a decade later, the water has become so clean that it's now fit for drinking, setting a benchmark for the entire region. we have to pakistan now where a 10 year old ico activist is on a mission to educate kids about climate change and she is doing it using dolled eco friendly dolls. to be precise, where the cloth is sauced from local taylors, the stuffing is made from recycled cotton and no plastic is used.

hey, man is only 10 years old, but already she's a buddy, nico activist, creating her own line of dulls to educate kids about climate change. the idea of god for the from was because one because i love marine life. and then i saw a hermit, crabs stuck inside a plastic dog hose, and it's suffocated, and the dies. so that's why i taught these type of dog eco friendly dog would be better than plastic. so i called her facade because for the in or the means environment. the fizzer dolls are crafted by women in karachi, and they designed to be ecologically sustainable. they sell for the equivalent of 7 years apiece and the proceeds help to finance

a climate witness website. bird warrior with each dull children get an access code to information about climate change and how it affects pakistan and the world. there are cartoons videos and the kids can in certificates by taking quizzes. emmonds butting business is supported by pakistan's national incubation center, which also helps out other young entrepreneurs. it's quarterly if you just have somebody. hi. this portal is unique because it tells us things about climate change, which we may not already know that any body was made in mind. that gives information for children in animation and video format. and this makes it unique, but pakistan will ready faces serious environmental problems. and climate change will create even more challenges. meaning the active is community

a happy to see a younger generation, take up the fight for their future. and they've actually inspired their wagner hate to account though big leaders who are supposed to be making the decisions which are needed to combat climate change. so i have a lot of faith and i have a lot of hope for this young generation that because you see it is thereby which is going to be spoiled if nothing is done for them. as a mom gets older, her mission is clear to keep spreading the message and keep making a difference. and that's it for today. and this week, as i read is more on our website, d, deborah dot com, forward slash asia. and you can, of course, also follow us on facebook and twitter into your back here on monday. see of them for by

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the, you want to revolutionize how it generates its power. but plan to label nuclear around natural gas plants as green investments are exposed a split among member states in pakistan, inflation is making life less and less affordable. many pakistan is to say the government is to blame and powering up, we'll look at the rise of electric scooters on page history. this is due to be a business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. around over the e, use energy future. the european commission wants member states to accept its plan, to label some nuclear and natural gas projects as sustainable investments. it would open them up to billions of yours in potential funding. but the very concept of nuclear energy as green is one that has the use split. currently, actually about half of these 27 countries operate nuclear power plants. germany is

actually one of them, but it's switching off the last ones this year.