to these correct only these we like is demonstrated people fleeing extreme ground. ross getting 200 people hassan from the agency around the world. more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge as to why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines with hello and welcome to a new edition of the 77 percent. the show for africa's youth. my name is wendy camara and i'm delighted to be your horse. i am presenting this shore from the women's museum right here in bonn,

germany and i'll show you around you know beat. but for us, we ask why virginity testing is still so popular in south africa with a full but gulf of aidan with so many lands, only the real captain. and we'll meet a young de leon once to box oh, way to the top. let's dive right in. now being a woman, steal comes with so many painful experiences and some of them are unnecessary like virginia, detesting. it is still practiced in many communities across the world view and actually says it is painful, traumatic and humiliating. let's take a closer look at the fox. no examination can prove that a woman is of virgin virginia testing is performed in at least 20 countries around

the world. in these communities, people believe that the practice can determine if a girl oh, warmer, has had sex. this however, is a false belief regina testing involves inspecting and fema vagina to see whether or not her hyman is intact. communities that performed the janitor testing link the worth of gold to have a janitor and reinforced the idea that girls and boys are not equal. testing is also often a painful, humiliating and traumatic experience. virginia is not a medical term. it is a social construct. there are many reasons a females, a hyman could be pierced, that have nothing to do with fix the u. n. and world health organization have condemned the virginia to testing as unscientific and the violation of the rights of women and girls. virginia to testing is based on false beliefs, and he is

a harmful practice that must end to take a closer look at what actually happens. we head over to south africa where the tradition is teal deeply rooted virginity testing is still practiced in the zulu culture. with certificates even awarded in ceremonies. now the 77 percent team attended one of these ceremonies in dublin to find out why the community and even young women still defend it. we are in durban, south africa, and the girls that you see behind me are just a small group of thousands of women will get tested to find out if they still a virgin. i feel important in the community because when you a virgin everyone loves and praises you. i was, i wasn't going, you are not a virgin. you're not allowed to be with other virgins because they are clean and

you are dirty. i just was a little me for many respect this as a cultural practice and as a find and degrading ability when they see lee on your back, open your legs when they put the fingers in to you, that this is not right. it did not feel right to me somehow for which ever side you're on a one thing is for sure is that this community thinks that with dignity testing is the way to go and that it keeps the girls in chic. ah, i am totally comfortable with it. i am proud of it because it's might people like it and this is our culture. you know, it has always been this way and traditions are good for us. so natalie or jordan, landline, i think turning 21 as a virgin is seen and celebrated as a big achievement and nintendo has done exactly that. so she has received a hero's welcome here, and her family may moolah, it's

a traditional ceremony that marks the transition into womanhood. for the girls in south africa, no tando now ready to marry, and her father rewards her for sting. a virgin i am so happy and the whole community is happy for me because my daughter did maluso virginity. if a child is taken good care of the people here love this child, it gives not only me and my homestead respect, but my daughter is also respected, or nicola virginity tests, however, and not always happy celebrations. in some cases, young girls are forced to take part and suffer horrendous consequences and meet with nancy in so little, but 21 year old was expelled from her maiden slab when she didn't pass her test. after that, nancy's life became an ordeal. as a daughter of elk fairly put a white dot on your forehead, that shows if you're a virgin or not wave itching or not. when you get out of the testing role,

i joined the other girls outside of kilowatt commando, madonica, and really don't have to start this miss. you are not a virgin i took on philip after that, my granny said she knew all along that i am just here to sully the name of the family laughing to look by now every one in the village is laughing at our singing . i've been on thursday, i didn't mind la, but i was been insulted every day for something i didn't do. i. as in that i just wanted to kill myself. i were when for now or comment is so sight. nancy flit her home village to johannesburg. some 800 kilometers away. we completely on her own. she finished school and started a face painting business. nancy's family broke old ties with her the law says that virginity tests are allowed under strict conditions. girls need to give their consent be at an age above 16, and that results must not be publicly disclosed. back in durban,

i want to see how this looks like in reality. i, amelia literacy spearheaded by google. sylvia. each week she gets together with young goals to talk about sex, but will still be horton's of remaining here. listening with gloomy environment, we must stay clean. when a boy comes with his penis and takes away your virginity, he will only leave you with h. i b and the baby who presents while the girls undergo monthly virginity tests goggle, like other practitioners, examines the vagina with her fingers what she believes to physically change after having sex. although the practice is generally condemned by human rights organizations, it is tolerated in south africa. and the girls here are proud of this tradition.

with when i see older girls still taking care of themselves, that shows me that i must also take care of myself to i am older so that my parents can be proud of me. that i did not dishonour them or the community in party. the delicacy remains complex and controversial in south africa. what is unclear is what will happen to the ones who are excluded just based on the fact that they no longer considered pure way in. so whittle a nancy tells us why she did not pass the test back then. her uncle, a local chief, started to sexually abuse her at the age of 15. so in one day, when she came back from school, he was in her room a fabulous i thinking i can lean and he said i must not try to scream because what he was about to do is not going to be nice to me, to the post if he told me that if i will tell anyone about this, i will be thrown out of school that i will be the laughing stock in the village

near the land. over me years, nancy was brutally went by her uncle because he was a powerful man in the community. no one in the family wanted to face the truth. he didn't know, i still believe. even now i believe that i am a virgin because i didn't break my bridge. unity willingly. for now. it wasn't me, cynthia, and i wasn't ready to lose it. and i will take over which and there's no doubt that fix education is needed in this country. but is virginity testing the right framework forward? there's so many girls who are rejected in the greatest time of need and i'm asking myself, shouldn't this practice evolve towards helping these young girls as opposed to judging them? i'll put that question to you. my name is with local messages. i'm in so way. so

south africa. thank you. i am surrounded by good. this is, these us cultures of the day are much rhonda, interpreted to mean the great mother statues like vis was dug up right here in born. now across the african continent, we have a higher from there, santa people, we have bust or protected egyptian mothers. we have your maya, they are reuben, could this i could go on and on. and if this is our history, why do we still have humiliating practices against our gulf and women? our 2nd relationship experts has, has some, was for the people that think vis. unnecessary, virginity is not a medical. it's a social construct. how many times do we have to say this?

in order for it to think into the mind, the double agent of the patriarchy, allow me to explain this further clarification. a social construct is an idea, has been created and accepted by society at large a social construct, no backing. they are a product of human definition shaped by cultural and historical context and thought women are tired of being shane tired of being shrunk, part of people only valuing them by virtue of their sexuality. but let's get real specific and 0 in on virginity testing in the south africa, like many other african countries, the largest country and southern africa in the spotlight because young girls continue to be physically and emotionally violated by family members in order to control their body. and use them as a form of currency. what about the many ways young girls and violently experiencing their sexual abuse? but instead of focusing on how prevalent family sexual biases and possibly

targeting the perpetrator, we are victim blaming and making sure girls remain pure before marriage. why dear africa are we like to? why do we feel the need to control women's body? how can we collectively help put some of these violence african practices direct one and for all, please drop a comment and let us know. indeed, how can we help put some of these powerful practices to rest? well, thank you. have, i'm glad you asked. our next to watch was exactly how to do that, while still retaining the essence of the ritual. let's head over to kenya where ma, side golf pill forced to undergo female genital mutilation, s g n. however, since a slowly changing as communities find new ways, the small piled and tentative rites of passage that celebrate girls becoming women . each in kenya's ma, finance,

countless generations of girls have been subjected to female genital mutilation, or f t m. it's a longstanding tradition and messiah communities, and it's usually performed at the onset of puberty. but the practice is inherently harmful. a survivors like grace felon there can attest the 26 year old mother of 3 from o. e t village underwent the cart when she was just 10 years old. where square 7 girls from our neighbors. like cousins, we are all brought together in one place. my mother's house, their mother was going to do that. so it was very prep prepared, goes on 6 out of the morning. many women who have undergone to suffer from heavy bleeding and infections, as well as complications during pregnancy. but after him could soon become a thing of the past year. of a $400.00 gulf in this messiah community in colorado county had come together to

undertake the so called courtesy fried of passage without f t. m. then gave a guy from the rest. who was messiah himself? how the community will adopt this ritual permanently. the community said yeah, ready for community lead a senate thing. right. so i think you passed balls through all the steps which they normally follow would, would they do this? i don't know, but we tell them let's do all these beautiful cultural things we do when we celebrate our passage into human hosts, but to live out there. even though the press, this is our lord. the risk of these girls being forced to undergo f t m. it's still very real. they're in cars to report any threats or incidents when they go back home. when i go back home, i will tell my peers to reject f t m and early marriages. but if the

girls also learn about the risks of an early married teenage pregnancy and children's rights as they embark on their path to womanhood, they light candles. as i look forward to a brighter future. indeed as future is bright as that of captain. so hor, 5 im tad. she is the 1st woman to be a coast guard captain in so money land in just a few years. she is reason through the ranks, keeping the water safe and 40 a new path for other young women like ha, captains over 40 motor is happiest at sea. specifically steering the somali land coast guards largest vessel in the gulf of arden mm. by falling on chicken. this semi challenges all crimes. now with the saw it today, we are on the mission. i like it because i love my kathy's my. our yuki

so who is the 1st woman to join the somali land coast guard, and in just 4 years, the 26 year old has already risen to the rank of captain. what go gallagher? she's totally capable. she's going be on the gun. she can tear the sheila, whatever we do, because she can do it to a ball on the one you are going to, the captains of her and her crew must contend with a civil war raging and neighboring yemen and the somalia based islamist extremist group al chabarise adamo, my goal in this is the government institutions in yemen, collapsed and our neighbors did samaya also loved to hear the smuggler, weapons, fish illegals or traffic humans illegally smuggler white life of bob. so our biggest challenge is coming from year number one. i'll let her go view. i'm going up. we don't know about a young lawyer earlier this year is a lead, a successful operation against the legal fishing. well now the waters off faith.

but back on land, captains and other women face a different back. the united nations reports the prevalence of gender inequality and violence against women. in somali land, many women and girls lack access to education, and he cannot make opportunities or political representation at captains or who has home. though she is a hero, especially to his sister layla. well, well, she's a success story, not only for the family, but for the whole family, and with very proud you became a captain leader. we want to be even more successful captains a whole 3 degrees in international relations and is now i'm a masters degree in maritime law. when i was a young, our interest in to be part of the 6 year. i was wondering if i can be one of the higher ranks, so my didn't hire and officers. so handler at the moment town,

both of them and you know, i can call something which magic above all captain circle wants to serve for people despite elements of some model and society being opposed to women doing so called men's jobs. most of the people who change, who do a lot of things, women. so now i believe even lucky because they have a young man. so it's a country for now, captains who are set the standard for young women and looking to serve and somali land security force, or simply follow their training. what i mean hiring woman and in this museum rhonda bear history of women who had to fight for their right to be who and what they want to be. well, our next story is a very young site and i was, she is from ghana and she greens of being ganawe's next boxing queen.

yes. our gov of mute reporter met up with her. take a look. oh, this is michael le neighborhood thing. gone is, capital cra, may need grades, boxes come from this area, but they are all men. that sports isn't popular among women and girls. now, one girl was teaching and i'm hearing boom, to meet her. my name is chosen in our cry and i hope you are as excited as i am to meet her my dead look who was to be the next vixen in boston in ghana. and then me training regularly here at coach car local. her dad is hip who took

a vis careening. he has strength mainly brig boxes. what's your goal? i want to be a bug, a good champion. and it says female also on one there only give meta on my dad's father who decided to support his girl, child release, her dream safe. she has or it thinks to become the greatest guardian fema boxer in future in boston, the muses. thank you. of all totally other softball, regardless of saw, poor donna. she's to live with me. i love t. lama lucas. you're going to look up what you look for. so you come in different, different, broad conference them maintain a daily routine of and live in like a normal kid. a just mom says it is in quite some years are allowed to pull

the dream with not just isn't distracted. she's balance in his what's in dreams with her school way. like amy, i buy kid to believe that this would give her a drink that tons of rich in her boxing jeans. investor will keep an eye on that, but for now, let's meet a woman from a country we've had very little from in recent years. this woman is seeing a more country from warranty. after much political upheaval, life in belgium, laura is back to normal and we asked more candy to please show us her on her hometown. and he is, she's a, what's up with the guy? my name is more now. was that, can he, is that also known as mall kinsey?

amberin jan. i'm a senior, and i live in blue gym, who rides that economy capital city of lindy, the name was changed from symbol read through june gura after the independence of the country. and this place is called plaza and april. last, at the top, we have our hero, the one who fought for our independence in 1962, the prince louis rog, assorted come with me. i'm gonna show you around. i'm gonna take you through to see my favorite places where i liked to eat how people leave. we're our legs we leg with . i'm going to show you one of my favorite restaurants, which those local food called my my solo

a will be thinking that if this is the plate, this is i can say most of the food they make here, you can find plow can find me. you can find more k, as you can only be found in our lake, the lakes and a new car, which is the 2nd deepest leak in the world after leave by is really, really something ah so this is individual, we're a city market, also known as the senior market, you can find everything you want to, it's one of the biggest markets in the city. what i like about this markets is that

he's well gonna, oh, you can see that most of the vendors here are we men. so it's good to see. we men, entrepreneurs like this guy, remember the other reason why i like this market is because it connect you as well to neighbors from suzanne. yeah. and congo. business people from there and customers meet in this market. oh, a dc kitty. the garden is a hotel and the rest of the rent, a luxury hotel and restaurant i liked to come to when i wanted glass of wine and good food. and when i went to it's an amazing place like this one. you can see how beautiful it is. and we have a nice view of the city. let me just show you the screen during the

evening. it's just crazy. the view is just amazing. look and i hope to see you soon in blue genora and hoping to like a movie. and i hope you enjoyed the tool i have enjoyed the 2 and i hope we have also enjoyed the show. as women, we have a lot to celebrate. but as we saw, there is still so much to fight for with to your thoughts. so please write to us and share your comments. and if you're ever in bond, make sure you visit the women's movie. for now, i will enjoy this cup of tea, but don't worry because i leave you with nice music from a

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