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i mean that object dentist recently signed an intimate, intervene and ruling the ring in one of india's most conservative states. parents encouraged their daughters to become wrestling stars. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. and happy international women's day. it's a chance for celebration, but also reflection on the challenges facing women around the world will be taking a closer look at women in india, particularly how they experience and relate to technology and the online world. here's what the head of the u. n. organization on gender equality and women's empowerment sema, who's said at the security council meeting, the status of women is under siege. aspects of technology such as social media,

have ruled, insured in vital information and rallying support. and also in causing further harm through spreading this information and fostering violence. researching it is critical that governments and private companies work together to foster technology as an enabler and accelerator of pro. joining us as rana, i you, indian journalist and contributing opinion columnist with the washington post. thanks for coming on the program. so we just heard what the executive director of you and women. it said you have been a target on social media as simply for being a female journalist. i wonder, has your online experience gotten any better? thank you for having me. melissa national center for journalist has recently released a report called the chilling, where they basically analyzed 9000000 tweets to that me and most of the tweets,

abusive are threatening with dead threats and read threads. so i don't think the online presence has gotten any better if anything it has only got was in the last couple of months. just 2 weeks ago, i filed a complaint with the mom by police where i live for a very crude, a gangly player that has been consistently given to me and my female family members on instagram. and i have had to limit my wrist replies the comment section on twitter, because every time i read, there's a barrage of heat that is directed at me. i mean, the object is to basically silence an intimate to intimidate and in always love chain. you described it, you to put more pictures of you are so unfortunately i. * wish it was an ideal boy, but it's not. and technology has made it even goes for journalists like me. how much do you think this kind of experience impacts the feminist movement in india?

i mean, in terms of intimidating many women who then choose to withdraw from the online global community. the many woman journalists in india who i know have been drawn from public space because not everybody has the emotional bandwidth or to deal with this kind of a traumatic affair. i mean, i, i still, i still think i'm all, i'm a journalist in augusta, oregon city in bombay with public exposure. but i think of john listened to rural areas in places where to have for to be a journalist where they have thought to be in a public space. and you know, and then when they are slapped shamed assassinated, i think their, their 1st response is to be brought from the speech to protect their son at the end, predicted galico. because in a country like india, with a woman's got to do this so much of premium placement of women's, got it right. and then when you are slack, teamed up when your image is more than

a born video and so created, all your images, reaction is, did i do anything? right? and you start beating yourself for it. not everybody has the bandwidth. not everybody should have to face a style at most feel like this. me and many of the woman john, less like me, have beat up, you know, a heavy price for speaking up because each time you find yourself bending on to a doll with the voice, kind of allegations with the worst kind of are dissipating messages and photographs are your images impulses to shut your phone and shut your sloth to the noise, which is out there to silence you. so i think it in a way it has silenced many women and have them draw from the public sphere. because this is not what they asked for what the jews and yet social media has been away for, for us women to rally together. do you feel

a benefits of social media has ultimately, nevertheless outweighed the costs for women? well, melissa, i can give you an example of a country like india, where the main stream media are the steep captured media. i mean, everybody here is being censored indian ranks on the 150, a position in the one to press freedom index when there's a lack of any mainstream media platform. your option then is to amplify your voice and your stories and your journalism through social media platforms. and one has to concede that platforms like little half head amplify the wars of independent journalist. i've had head to get started now be from like minded journalists or with the wood. so there are certain rules to it but, but on base it gets extremely overwhelming. i have written a couple of emails to do it over the last couple of months. i have been shadow band with so people have told me that you know,

they cannot access my account. they cannot see my twitter account. that's the case for many independent voices in india. so in absence of any option to do your jones, i'm in the mainstream set up and the lack of solidarity in the indian domestic space. one looks at we're doing other social media platforms to get that kind of fun data to, to get that gang space in absence of any gatekeepers in up, but for lack of censorship. so in that sense, widow used to be a great platform, but the way, oh, you know, recently were deal remove the links of a b c documentary. i'm just good to go to the movie government. so i feel like that there has been a dog is trying to says sensitive, so been a country like india, and it was a great opportunity for many of us john lives. and we see that opportunity dawn into a space where we are being relentlessly run. i you thank you so much for

joining us. thanks. in india, female athletes at the top of their game are not immune to the pressure and violence. many women face. some of the country's top wrestler, say sexual misconduct from officials is rampant in january, they staged a 3 day sit in in delhi, along with hundreds of supporters. they accused several coaches of sexually harassing female wrestlers and also accused the wrestling found federation president, who is a member of india, is willing battery to, to not a party of the same. the government promised to investigate the claims and now an oversight committee is expected to submit it's report soon. the protest was led by vinnish po, got a 3 time commonwealth games champion. she has accused the federation president of quotes, mentally harassing and torturing her. but it's what i'm getting mom who like i say this with shame, that in a country like india, if girls like me have to face this,

then we can easily conclude that no woman in india or a safe, it makes me feel that nor daughters should be born in this country, you make that because of the that was finished, forgot. she's part of a family who became national celebrities following the release of the film dangle in 2016. it's based on 2 of the daughters who broke through wrestling, gender barrier and meddled in the commonwealth games. ah, obviously you see, what did you do? i did it took a look. don't go to gp was on a dime a southern teacher really need ah, the excess of the po got sisters has inspired more girls to take up the sport. parents are on board to that's home state as haryana,

one of india's most conservative has become a women's wrestling hub. but some families may be motivated by more than female empowerment. the wrestling pit is also a way to make money and athlete daughters, a potential ticket to financial security. he dollies a deal, but has this report every morning, these 30 girls brain at the you the read rustling academy in the town of sony bug. they have to rear training gear and keep them here short like the boys in the village. all of them how to go through hours of rigorous, warmer exercises. experienced wrestler rubashaw the year is leading the training session 5 years ago. the partials decision was not easy. some of our family and neighbors criticized her, but her parents did not bow to social pressure. mid naval hagi. i am the 1st female

wrestler ever in my family and the village. they've been women's struggle more than men, as male wrestlers are supported by their families. meal this look, i'm what comes at my family, wants me to live and independent life, and also live alive on my own term. so girl like her, every student who enters the academy has the same ambition, winning an olympic medal for this. their families are investing their hard on savings for their training. up to day the girls are getting ready to watch a wrestling match as a i'm a sema crop, is the court giving final instructions to the girls before the action starts. and i guess it's a close the fought contest, the 2 girls in the bit put up their best white. i'm not again equal to more girls from high yana adjoining wrestling of these girls and now abandoning the custom of

varying and some i even leaving home ridicule, wrestling is giving voice to these young girls and providing them with job opportunities for them. oh wow. i mean like you're good. all the girls here are from the northern state of her yana, one of india's most conservative and 50 aka regions. the girls are breaking studio types and challenging social taboos. however, some of the recent sexual harassment allegations involving senior officials of the national wrestling federation have shaken the faith of families in the system about it like social activist, sonny's job alarms and says, but again, he's yet today to address the concerns. i'll be bell one on a job because at the rise in sexual harassment cases, if allow girls from this village, discouraged in their families and no longer keen that they pursue this sport as a career gets up in the hopes of many check up have been dashti they hadn't me

bhaskar, but back at the academy, these young female wrestlers are not ready to abandon their dreams. they still practice for hours. dear night wrestling has become their way to empower themselves and to create a future of their own. that's it for today. my name is melissa chan in berlin. thanks for watching and see you tomorrow. with we're all set to go beyond the obvious where as we take on the world, 8 hours, i do all this. we're all about. the stories that matter to you.

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china is trading less with everyone except for russia. we'll find out why this is d w business. i'm k, ferguson that thanks for joining me. it's international women's day, an event with an over 100 year history on an annual opportunity to take stock of the progress or lack thereof towards gender equality in the workplace. no better time then to take a deep dive into europe's biggest economy. now as you can see here, germany is pretty middle of the road when it comes to gender equality ranking near enough to the average. sweden and denmark lead the park with romania and greece performing worst. the ranking looked at jobs, helped by women, their pe, the positions of power, they hold as well of their help. so what is behind germany's mediocre performance? well, you can see it here. it has an especially.