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here in bonn, germany, and i'll show you around in a beat. but 1st, we ask why virginia testing is still so popular in south africa with that full the gap of aiden with so many lands, only the milk, happy, and will meet a young man who wants to box. oh, way to the top. let dave right in. now being a woman, steal comes with so many painful experiences and some of them are unnecessary like virginity testing. it is still practiced in many communities across the world. the un actually phase, it is painful, traumatic and humiliating. let's take a closer look at the fox. no examination can prove that a woman is a virgin. her janitor testing is performed in at least to 20 countries around the world. and these coming it is people believed that the practice can determine if

a girl, oh woman has had sex. this however, is a false belief. virginia testing involves inspecting and fema vagina to see whether or not her hyman is in tact. communities that performed janet testing link the worth of a goal 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's 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 virginia to testing is still practiced in the zulu culture. with certificates even awarded in ceremonies. now the 77 percent. tim 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 girl that you see behind me a 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 only for many respects 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 come unity being said with dignity, testing is the way to go and that a keep 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 joy, flendal m i. c. turning 21 as a virgin is seen and celebrated as a big achievement, and non dando has done exactly that. so she has received a heroes welcome here, and her family may moolah, it's a traditional ceremony that marks the transition into womanhood. for girls in south

africa, no tando now ready to marry, and her father rewards her for sting. a virgin. i am so happy in the whole community as hobby for me, because my daughter did maluso virginity. if a child is taken good care of the people here love this child, it gifts not only me and my homestead respect, but my daughter is also respected, or nicola virginity test. however, and not always happy celebrations. in some cases, young girls are forced to take part and suffer horrendous consequences. a meet with nancy in so wait till the 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 dot about valley put a white dot on your forehead that shows if you a virgin or not wave itching or not. when you get out of the testing role and

joined the other girls outside, a kilowatt comment on was on a car, and we don't have to start. this means you are not a virgin, ethical gum village. after that, my granny said she knew all along that i am just here to silly the name of the family laughing to look by now everyone in the village is laughing at us in. 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. our vendor 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 bagging durbin. i want to see how

this looks like in reality. i made it didn't be spearheaded by google, so be each week she gets together with young goals to talk about sex, but also the importance of remaining here, listening with clue. finally, 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 i live present. 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 practices 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 till i am older, so that my parents can be proud of me. that i did not dishonour them all the community. i begin to compare still 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 insur whittle, 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 one day when she came back from school, he was in her room, father, i thinking i glen glen. 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. he told me that if i would tell anyone about this, he'll be thrown out of school. that i will be the laughing stock in the village of

land. over 3 years, nancy was brutally raped by her uncle because he was a powerful man in the community. no one in a family wanted to face the truth. he didn't know. i still believe that even now i believe that i am a virgin because i didn't break my bridge. unity with me for now. it wasn't me, cynthia, and i wasn't ready to lose it. and i will click on which and there's no dots that fix education is needed in this country, but is vitality testing the right framework forward? there's so many girls up there 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 up with that question to you? my name is what's the local messages i'm doing in so way. so south africa.

thank you. i am surrounded by good. this is these us cultures of the day on my trauma interpreted to mean the great mother statues like this was dug up right here in born now across the african continent, we have a higher from there. santa people, we have bust protected egyptian mothers. we have your maya, they are reuben, could this i could go on and on. and if this is a history, why do we still have humiliating practices against our gulf and women? a certain relationship expert has, has some, was for the people that think this unnecessary virginity is not a medical tab. 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 age of the patriarchy,

allow me to explain this further clarification. a social construct is an idea that has been created and accepted by society at large a social construct hold no vacuum. they are a product of human definition shaped by cultural and historical context. and it's thought women are tired of being shame, part 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 so many wave young girls and violently experiencing their sexual abuse? but instead of focusing on how prevalent family sexual sciences and possibly targeting the perpetrators,

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 a glad you asked. our next to watch was exactly how to do that. well, still maintaining the essence of the ritual. let's head over to can now where mosse . i go to forced to under go see no genital mutilation, s d n. however, i think slowly changing as communities find new ways the 4 point kind of right of passage that celebrate gout becoming women in kenya. miss silence. countless generations of girls have been suggested to female genital mutilation,

or f t m. it's a long standing tradition and my side communities, and it's usually performed that the onset of puberty. but the practice is inherently harmful. a survivors like race, someone that can test the 26 year old mother of 3 from away village on the west coast when she was just 10 years old. where we are 7 gas from my cousin. we are all together in one place. my mother's house, the mother was going to do that. so perhaps the bed girls on 6 out of them, one of many women who have undergone t. m. suffer from heavy bleeding and infections as well as complications during pregnancy. but after you could soon become a thing of the cost here, of $400.00 girls, miss me aside, community encourage jato county have come together to undertake the so called alternative rite of passage without f t m. then gala guy from india rest,

who is mas himself, has the community will adopt this ritual permanently. the community said, yeah, ready for community lead a senate thing, right. so i think you suppose through all the steps which they normally follow in time would, would they do the completion of that? but we tell them let's do all these cultural things we do when we celebrate our god. passage into woman who but to live out there even low the practice is out. lord, the risk of these girls being forced to undergo f t m. it's still very real. they're encouraged to report any threats of incidence when they go back home. when i go back home, i will tell my peers to reject f t m and early marriages. the girls also learn about the risks of an early married teenage pregnancy and children

right. as they embark on their past. the woman who didn't say lights, candles as they look for to a brighter future. indeed, as bright as that of captains who, who are 5 the more tough. she is the 1st woman to be a post guard captain in so many land in just a few years. she has reason to the ranks, keeping the water safe and 14 a new pass for other young women like car captains over by you look is happy as to see specifically steering the somali land coast guard largest vessel in the gulf of arden calling, not taking any challenges now with the thought to did we out on the mission because i lost my country why i

was 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. we're going totally capable, she's going to be on the gun. she can tear whatever we do and she can do it to a ball. i'm going to give a captain's a crew must contend with the civil war, raging and neighboring yemen, and the somalia paid islamic extremist group. i'll show bob done. let him go in this in the government. institutions in yemen, coll loved, and our neighbors also belong to smuggle weapons illegally. suffolk humans, legally, some ugly white life above. so our biggest challenge is coming from yeah. number one, i do feel i'm going to don't know about a young lawyer earlier this year is a lead, a successful operation against the legal fishing for now the waters of faith. but

back on land, captains and other women faced 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 you cannot make opportunities or political representation at captains or who is home though. she's 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. he wanted to be even more successful to the captain's who holds 3 degrees in international relations and is now eyeing a master's degree in maritime law. so when i was a young, i was interesting to be part of the 2nd. i was wondering if i can be one of the higher ranks in so my didn't high rank officers were humbler at the moment on both of them. and you know,

i can't call she'd something which magic above all captain circle wants to serve her people despite elements of small land society being opposed to women doing so called men's jobs. most of the people who change on who i think women. so now i live on lucky because they have a young female. so it's a country for now, captains of course, that's the standard for young women and looking to serve and some molly land security force or simply follow that what i mean, hiring woman. and in this museum feronda their history of women who had to fight for their right to be who and what they want to be. well, our next story is very young site and i was, she is from ghana and she dreams of being ganawe's. next boxing queen, yes. our gov of mute reporter met up with her. take

a look. oh, this is local plenty brookwood in garnish capital across may need grades. boxes come from blessed area, but they are all men. the sports isn't popular among women and girls. now, one girl was teaching and i'm here in brooklyn to meet her. my name is chosen in accra, and i hope you are as excited as i am to meet my dad luke, who was to be the next vixen in boxing in ghana. and then me training regularly here at visible courts called local head. dad is here

a vis careening fee. he has strength mainly brig boxes. what's your goal? i want to be a case boxer. i did champion and it says female also on one the olympics. give me down on my dad's father. put he cited to support this girl child . release her dream safe. she has all it takes to become the greatest guardian fema boxer in future in boston, the muses. thank you of awesome yoga softball. regardless of saw port on, she was a live t m. we're lucky lamar because you're able to look up what you look for. so you come in different vehicles, ask one of them, maintain a daily routine of and live in like, you know, more kids. i just, mom said it is important. jasa allowed to pull the dream with the profile guy.

not just isn't distracted. she's balance in his watson dreams with her school way. like amy, i by kid to believe that this would give her a drink that tons of rich in her boxing jeans. investor will keep an eye on nice job, but for now, let's meet a woman from a country we've had very little from in recent years. this woman is a senior more country from bermonte, after much political upheaval, life in belgium. laura is back to normal and we asked more candy to blue show us her on her hometown. and yes, she's. 2 a words up with the guy. my name is more now while jack kelly is that also known as mall kingsley. amberin jan. i'm a senior and i live in google rad that economy capital city of monday. the name was

changed for the symbol read through june gra, after the independence of the country. and this place is called the plaza and the poles at the top. we have our hero, the one who fought for our independence. in 1962, the prince louis work, i saw it come with me. i'm gonna show you around. i'm gonna take you through to see my favorite play. see where i like to eat, how people leave a leg to me leg with . i'm going to show you one of my favorite restaurants, which those local food called my my solo a will be speaking

with. 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, okay, i can only be found in our lake, the lakes and a new car, which is the 2nd deepest leak in the world after leaf baker is really, really something a fellow, this is individual or a city market, also known as see your niche market, you can find everything you want to, it's one of the biggest markets in the city. what i like about this market is that it's well, oh, you can see that most of the vendors here, how we man,

so it's good to see we men entrepreneurs like this guy. remember. the other reason why i liked this market is because it's connected to our 2 neighbors from suzanne. yeah. and the congo business people from there and customers meet in this market. oh, a dcs, kitty. the garden is a hotel and the rest, the rent, a luxury hotel and restaurant i liked to come to when i wanted glass of wine, good food. and when i want to see it's an amazing place like this one, you can see how beautiful it is. and we have a nice view of that 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, jeep, grand hoping below. please like a movie. and i hope you enjoyed the tool i have enjoyed the to and i hope we have also enjoyed the show as women, we have a lot to celebrate. but as we saw, they still so much to fight for. we'd love to hear your thoughts, so please write to us and share your comments. and if you're ever in born, made sure you visit the women's museum. for now, i will enjoy this cup of tea, but don't worry because i leave you with a nice new read from more. ah, let me see if it's do you feel the key?

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