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integral integrity 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. it's under huge aspects of technology such as social media,

have rules and sharing vital information and rallying support. and also in causing further harm through spreading this information. and fostering violence, massaging 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've 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 simply for being a female journalist. i wonder, has your online experience gotten any better? thank you for having me. melissa. the national center for john list has recently did released a report called the chilling where the, where they basically analyzed 9000000 tweets to that me and most of the tweets read

abusive again, threatening with, with dead threats and read threads. so i don't think the online presence has gotten any better if anything, it has only gotten worse in the last couple of months are just 2 weeks ago. i filed a complaint with the mom by police where i live for a very crude ganglia player that has been consistently given to me and my female family members on instagram. and i have had to limit my reply is the comment section on twitter. because every time i read, there's a barrage of heat that is directed at me. i mean that object is to basically silence and intimidate or intimidate and it always sloughed shame. you discredit you to put more pictures of you. ah, 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. you the mini woman journalist in india who i know have withdrawn 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, rural areas in places where they have for to be a journalist where they have thought to be in a public space. and, you know, and then when they are la cima assassinated, i think their, their 1st response is to be brought from the space to protect their son at the end of predicted galico. because in a country like india, a woman's got to do this. so much of premium placed in a woman's. got it right. and then when you are slug, teamed,

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 viewed like this. me and many of the women journalists 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 dissipating messages and photographs, are your images impulses to shut your phone and shut your sloth to the noise. we're just out there to silence you. so i think it, it, in a way it has silenced many women and have them draw from the public school. 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 the 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 mainstream media are the steep captured media. i mean, everybody here is being censored, india, and i'm on the 150, a position in the one to press freedom index ran that when there's a lack of any mainstream media platform, your option then is to amplify your voice and you're still these and your journalism through social media platforms, and one has to concede that platforms like little half head amplify the voice of independent journalist. i've had, had to get started, that would be from like minded journalists or would the would. so there are certain rules to it but, but on base it gets extremely overwhelming. i have it in 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 from many independent voices in india. so in absence of any option to do your job, i'm in the mainstream set up and the lack of solidarity in the indian domestics. phase one looks at the door and other social media platforms to get that kind of fun data to, to get that kind of space in absence of any gatekeepers in up or for lack of censorship. so in that sense window used to be a great platform, but the weight of you know, recently removed the length of a, b b c documentary on which is critical of the movie government. so i feel like there, there has been a dog is trying to says sensitive, so going to 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 a run. i you thank you so much for joining us.

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's willing battery to, to not to 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, i'm just 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 is safe. it makes me feel that no daughters should be born in this country. you make that depend on your body. 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 mister, you said, what did you do? i did it took a look. don't go to gp resolve on a diet or miss ellen teach at the really need ah, the excess of the po got sisters has inspired more girls to take up the sport. parents are on board to the because home state of 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 way to make money and athlete daughters, a potential ticket to financial security. he w a deal bought has this report. every morning, these 30 girls frame at the you'd read rustling academy in the town of sony buck. they have to rear training gear and keep this year short like the boys in the village. all of them how to go through all was of rigorous, warmer exercises, experienced wrestler rubashaw the year is leading the training session 5 years ago . the bosh of decision was not easy. some of a family and naples criticized her. but her parents did not bow to social pressure

. mid inigo hagi, i am the 1st female wrestler ever in my family and the village. they've been women's track on more than men, as male wrestlers are supported by their families, milva smoke, i bought some, but my family wants me to live and independent life and also live a life 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. i say 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 load again equal the more girls from hyannis, adjoining wrestling of these girls, and now abandoning the custom of varying illegal and some i even leaving home

ridicule. wrestling is giving voice to these young girls and providing them with job opportunities for them or not. i mean they're like, you're good. all the girls here are from the northern state of her yana. one of india's most conservative and patriarchal 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 like social activists, sonny's job alarms and says, but again, he's yet today to address the concerns. i'll be bell wanting to do because at the rising sexual harassment cases, if a lot of girls from this village are 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 rebushka, but back at the academy, these young female wrestlers are not ready to abandon the 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 . imagine how many pushes turn out in the world right now. climate change any off the story. this is my flex the way from just one week.

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a consumer demand weakens. 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 health. so what is behind germany's mediocre performance? well, you can see it here. it has an especially.