oh, watch it now. 0, one thing. oh my god. so with this award winning offer is available worldwide and for every language level learning german has never been so german to go online on facebook, the app store and you tube upon every day. women's rights are under attack from seemingly meaningless misogynistic comments at the workplace to systematic government sponsored oppression. if you care to look, you're sure to find it international women's day as an occasion to highlight women's fight for a life of equal opportunity without discrimination and free of violence in any form

. in iran, this struggle has come at a heavy price. hundreds died and recent anti government protest demanding basic human rights. dozens remain behind bars. the heavy crack down succeeded in driving demonstrators off the streets. but women and girls continue to stand their ground with daily acts of defiance risking at all for their freedom. i'm nickle further kimberline and this is the day oh, it is a very clear desire and you know, this system of, you know, some might say gender apartheid was government's utility cracking down full of it. they have been developing new technologies to be more efficient. morality, police using surveillance technologies to arrest and ticket women who don't wear proper job. see

a little that's happening inside reason. the iranians are not just asking for reform. they are asking for the islamic republic to go also on the day will look at women who were once caught up on opposite sides of columbia's bloody conflict under now working together to build peace. we were recognized as victims of the armed conflict due to the disappearance of my brother and my family's displacement. although we feel like victims, we're also resilient because all we've been through apple, so we're eager to contribute to peace. ah, i'll come to the show. there's no doubt about it. women's rights have come far since the inception of international women's day at the beginning of the 20th century. but despite all the progress of the past decades, systemic inequality persist. standing in the way of women around the globe living

up to their full potential. that's why international women's day is not only an opportunity to celebrate women's contribution to society, but also a day to highlight the struggles women still face. in iran, women are denied basic freedoms. living under the watchful eye of the islamic republics notorious morality, police. but even in one of the world's most repressive countries for women, hard fought advances are slowly becoming visible. the faces of the people in the following report have been blurred in order to protect their identity. this would have been impossible just 6 months ago, walking distress of to her on, in your own choice of clothing. now it's not an uncommon sight any more. like this university student, many women are taking dairies, but it's still against the law. so to talk about it, we go inside taking the od ward or

there were many reactions to me not wearing that he job. people looking at me pulling faces or even coming up and insulting me humiliating me, or very kindly and sentimental. he advising me on what they consider. right. my. but my biggest achievement from that period was that i became normal in the eyes of those around me in work to bad. no go hats off young when i'm i'd be shot here in von of to ron's push shopping malls, it's plain to see women varying whatever they want in friendly coexistence, refusing to be divided by dislodge republics ideology, no matter what they've chosen for themselves. personally manny says i'm going to do them. this is how i show my religious identity to people. i'm fine with this. i'm comfortable. but i think that if i don't fight for the individual, freedom of the person sitting next to me, i'm actually destroying freedom. has been about if someone who doesn't think like

me or dressed like me, doesn't have freedom, then i don't have freedom either. because freedom is not for anyone. if it's not for everyone, i other the, i go back. hm. and i wish about his skin. and so in the past 5 months, many religious women have joined to protest as well as men not fighting against a job, but for freedom, equality and the right to choose. it's to mandatory his job that they see as a tool for oppressing them and said him as an individual i personally, i would not whether you just i had just had an image on the job side and i turned, in my opinion, this practice of not wearing it doesn't just mean that we are now physically, freya, also on the physics your in the hall. jenny, it's actually a form of resistance. and the issue of the he job has taken on a special meaning korean war will not know, of course, the paid on quantum. residential is special,

meaning most people hearing to hon seem to either share or at least no longer mine . highlighting debt to rift is not among iranians, but we to be dim and dear leaders. and we can now speak to an iranian woman for whom the job has for a very long time, had a special meaning 2018 um young. grovee was part of a group of protesters known as the girls of anger, love street. she expressed her rejection of the compulsory job by removing her scarf on top of an electricity transformer box and waving it above her head. this is her. in the pictures we're seeing, she was arrested and authorities threatened to strip her the custody of her child. she then left iran and now lives in exile in canada. today, as i'm young, grovee is a woman's rights activist and paralegal, and i'm very pleased to welcome her on the dame as young girl. good to see and tell us about those protest in 2018 and your motivation to take to the streets. thank

you for having me. ah, in those days there was a big demonstration in iran in them media laughter. and that demonstration, a girl named reed on the la heads went under a utility box and for this that, against mandatory her job after her movement bus. oh, so a symbol again as, as michelle and her mom because of this. and she became known as the gears of her and the love history after we dar, ah, now i guess or who say me and went on there and unit utility box and a after. now i guess i over there in that days in that 10 days or i a fight or for everything. you know, i just,

um, i was fighting for 5 years for my divorce. i was fighting for a 2 years for custody of my own daughter. you know, and them, and i, because of these, i involved in death politics and as social activities. and i was a, we're dads, our women's in iran and don't have any, and rides to do oars to leave the country. and i'm you, you know, we don't have any rights to our leave. and after i protested against mandatory a job, i did, i was sentenced to a 3 years in prison and day wanted to dev. take away my daughter from me. and it just for, for protesting against mandatory

a job and it, but these days we can see women iranian women change every day. yeah. can i ask what the job means to you? what it symbolizes to you? i had, i was compulsory, and we don't have any roy to choose our, you know i, this is compulsory and we are not a free to choose what we want. and i can say to you, it's mandatory for almost 6 years have passed since you got up on that box and took off your he job. how is the situation of women in iran evolved in the meantime? as i said, they have changed every team. they are so brave and ad from that

days i think that be a started against mandatory a job. and we have seen a lot of brave woman. and also i have to say and men support women to obtain date rights, you know. and in these day, as you have seen, a lot of your whiny a men fighting for women's rights. and it is not only for women's ride, but also for you all you want in, are fighting for the rise for changing the road. you know, they don't want this long keep up like of iran they want to they just want for free and freedom and they just want in normal life. yeah. so elijah, backing from within the country,

but up is the international community doing enough to support women and girls in iran. i'm actually, i'm eating international community and i have to support you on. and because we need global attention and global attention can help us in some ways. and when you want to and women and see that women and men see that global and community on the international community and help them day, you know, day be a stronger than before. and they're actually out in there i'm, i'm my concern about and different things about ref, reggie is about intern a child don, you know, i'll, when we have a demonstration in iran they shut down and an hour and internet

and we need dpn international community have to am, have expressed to, you know, to p per and we p n to iranian protesters and a refrigerator. and we need some support. some support of, such as at canada, the government of canada is started to help you, whiny and protested, who are in danger. you know, we need them refers you program of who, who are is in danger, you know, do you think will live to see the day women and girls in iran are free to live as they please? i'm really optimistic and i think we can, we can change every teague but uh, we just saw that, you know,

this is and i think this is a marathon and it's a took a lot of time and i wish i some day i can back to my con 3 and death celebrates as a country without this long to pump your coffee. yeah, we'll hope to be there to see you and your fellow rein in women crossed the finish line of this marathon awesome young grove, uranian women's rights activists living in exile and canada. thank you so much for your time. thank you. thank you for having me. ah. columbia left as president gustavo petra was elected last year on a campaign based on his proposal of total peace, putting an end to the country's long running conflict by engaging with all of the many armed actors tormenting the country. first on his list was columbia's largest

still active. gorilla grew b e l, and the national liberation army. peace talks between the government and the group are currently being held in mexico city. now the e l. n is classified by both the u. s. and the e. u. as a terrorist organization, nearly half a 1000000 people have been killed during columbia. 60 years of eternal conflict and hopes were high. after the country's leading gorilla group, the fark laid down their arms in 2016 women were a central part of the peace process. then, with the resulting agreement considered to be the 1st comprehensively gender sensitive peace treaty in the world. our latin america correspondent, we call a real, met a group of women outside of the capitol bogota in neva. that's working on healing the wounds of the past, and there is to dream of a truly peaceful columbia. fake dreams often starts small in neva. they start with savory, achieve at biscuits, a specialty from the region and full of women here,

a symbol for peace. they have all been touched by war. some were thought of members, some were victims of columbus armed conflict. now they worked shoulder to shoulder . i've been in the beginning when we meet the victims for the 1st time. it's about understanding the pain that are real life has inflicted on them in. and they said i got together a and then that last e lives about understanding and telling them that we are here for them. if i corner fair and to acknowledge and work hand in hand, if we're trying to make up one way or the other. now what that am i made a souk center and bobo as a teenager, media out of theda joined the father. they trained her as the nurse. she believed in the groups message of social justice. but over the years she came to support peace. she was a signatory of the 2016 peace deal. as was the father of the 2 children. but he did not live to see the changes they had hoped for. you guys will only complain yet.

mad. i'm annoyed at my partner. ramiro durand was killed 7 months ago. a it anita love the idea link and he loves that. we are in these types of initiatives, but it's still yet i'm we're in. is that the news at the you? it's unclear who was responsible for amyris dell now. he's one of over 300 signatories who have been killed since the peace deal. some of those assassinations were carried out by active dissident groups. violence also continues as steel and get a yes other arm factions and the state fight to control territory. meanwhile, several initiatives, like the neva bakery are trying to help women touched by the conflict. those stigmatized by former getty a ties end, those who were victims, cut into a yet through he years family like millions in columbia, was displaced by fighting between the father and drive her clara militaries. where were recognized as victims of the armed conflict. due to the disappearance or my brother and my family's displacement of although we feel like victims,

we are also resilient because all we've been through apple, so we're eager to contribute to p 6. the women have begun business for their business. but little to start with the need money for new machines and workshops. their dream is to sell our tea to us. we'll have to ride and throw like to make money and become a success story for reconciliation. for long columbia needs piece and it's region received back. oh, okay. we need to end this nightmare gig is that we don't want more orphans uses a lovely land. no to no good. a move in my who is a funny way. the women here have high hopes who negotiations between the government and the and then get a yes and the columbia as a whole, can be violence in the past and focus on a peaceful future. and less bringing vanessa tequita, although she works for a past the german columbia piece institute. she joins us from the city of florence

yet in columbia. mosquito low welcome to the day. now women often bear the brunt of armed conflicts and the columbia peace treaty was the 1st to comprehensively include women in the solution of one what's their role and building piece in the country? yes, thank you so much for having me. it's such an honor. yes, columbia actually, you know, it's an emblematic pace, following the 1325 us lucian, and during the deluxe, the columbia government, and the a, the fark, a date for this armed revolutionary scholar, the columbia created gender commission because of how the armed complete re for again, their system that reproduce violence against women and l g b to people, but also work on that home. women crowns in joining arm groups

a way to escape or protect themselves from a that again, they're based violence. so this caution with gender of the very, very all the agreement which had very violent a backlash from some conservative groups in columbia. and this conversation also made visible the pilot work of all women work either of the field being one of them, the major obstacles for women in the implementation of the peace process for victims as well as former members of the fark ah, well, and the peace agreement did not receive support from the previous government, which were also the most pre, because years for implementation, that's not something that i'm saying, the data of you the you, i'm very patient commission and all the school or on are going to stations that are following the limitation. of a me,

of the peace agreement like show data about did and there is out worry some believe where women in land restitution the limitation of hill educational. i'm household now for rural areas and the seclusion of a little crop. but personally, i would say the biggest obstacle is that the arm clinically is just the last expression of inequality. so columbia have important experience a ending a conflict, but not that much pain because you know sci fi in the very, very pat recall. yeah. very, how much is there surrounding the women who are ones part of the farm because this is a huge societal effort. right. to bring these ones warring parties together. yeah . one thing my multiple people to a not only they want related to being an ex come back and you know,

they usually come from impoverished and rationalized communities that could them in a leather boom. their ability in which aren't viable was one of the option. but also i, it's important to highlight that there is an important difference between individual and collective writing to gratian, individual, to gratian. it's more like a humanitarian and strategy in the middle of war. in a war context, in which a combat and leave the group voluntarily or involuntarily, and have to bring to great union life alone and move off a here to talk to the school at the every degree shown or we call the rain corporation is part of a piece of priority in that situation and this is their condition for women are a little bit better and that's the program that resulted from a dream. and they can collectively rein great society people. friday i

asked that group and bell of economic, socio and political need that went through their lives conditions and also the completion of the communities. the are now powerful. now columbia was a pioneer when it came to the inclusion of women in the peace process. how does the country fair when it comes to gender equality in everyday life? well, there are, of course, many challenges, like everywhere and we have a very few progress, you know, like they, we like to day, march 8th. there are a lot of reports that show the very high level over key unemployment rates and a gender be by just last year, 2000000 women work hold to gender, baby base the violence. and of course, we definitely have not record a record from

a lack of the damage in this matter. and how much is the ongoing violence and conflict holding back women's rights advances in columbia is definitely place a very important role. you know, like leman, who are trying to a lead, referring to these that are, you know, like a, getting to places to represent their community. they are usually hold to not only a harassment like the, all the difficulties that all women are in different parts of the world. but they also have faith are the violins and the are usually the best threat because they are neither cheap. and that's the capacity institute joining us tonight from crockett. i thank you so much for this very interesting insights. thank you. the protesters have returned to the streets of the georgian capital tbilisi to

voice their anger over a controversial new draft law. the legislation dubbed the foreign agent bill received initial backing from parliament earlier this week. opponents say of past and would limit free speech and mark a shift toward authoritarianism. on tuesday, police to team dozens of people protesting against the legislation. georgia boiling point for these demonstrators. it's become a battle for the future direction of the country and they're willing to fight for it. the violent protests here in the capital tbilisi were sparked by george's parliament, giving the initial green light to a draft bill. which critic say tramples on, press freedoms and basic civil rights. they claim it's a russian style law that would require n g o z and independent media who received more than 20 percent of their funding

from abroad to declare themselves. foreign agents. scuffles broke out when it progressed with a clear majority in parliament this week. the ruling georgia dream party say it improves transparency in the country. mister south, georgia, as president salah missouri, bish. philly, who's an independent bo, was backed by the georgia dream party, and her run for office, went against the government and expressed her support for the protesters. speaking during a state visited the us, she said that demonstrators represent a free georgia which sees its future in europe bottle and will not allow anyone to take away their future rooms out of one islam of on e. u foreign policy chief to set burrell warren, that the bill was incompatible with you, values and standards concerning words for georgians at a crucial time for their countries future. the european union is currently

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