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family plus special honors in the german capital, berlin for one woman's efforts in fighting against discrimination. we speak to her right here at dw d as africa and blow by blow. how a box and cape bird is helping other women stand up for themselves. ah, i've told me or lady boy, it's good to have you with us. the war in northern is yorba has been one of the deadliest conflicts in recent times. the african union envoy, lucia abbas, and joe said as many a 600000 people may have been killed in the 2 years of fighting between. if you'll be in troops and to grind forces you em, investigators say rape and sexual violence were used as weapons of war and

essentially mounted to war. crimes will cease, fire agreed, more and more stories of the atrocities i merging the 2nd of november 2022. just a few hours before the warranty gray was declared over a war. the devastated millions of people's lives. but for had us, the worst was yet to come. on that day, the 16 year old was at home with her mother near the town of edward and t gray, when any theo pin soldier demanded to be let in. for her protection, we have changed her name. i never had any entered the house alone. he carried a stick with him. there was another soldier with the gun waiting outside. he tried to take me to the bush, but i refused. he told me he had a knife and a hand gun, and then he beat me with the stick or forget all around. she started screaming. neighbors tried to save her, but the soldiers threatened them. my lamina isn't her. i was crying and begging him

leave me alone. i am only 14 years old. but he gagged me. glad he asked me for my age. i told him i was 14, but he said you are a liar. you have breasts the whole and my mother started crying to, i don't know where she still has nightmares of what happened next. over the course of several hours, he raped her multiple times. the attack left her bleeding heavily. she managed to get some basic care at a nearby hospital, but desperately needs psychological care to. she says, she also feels anger. what far higher go. they should be held accountable. they should be held accountable, not only for me, but for all the victims of rape capital in progress, capital mckayla, this doctor and hospital director has been struggling to provide care for patients like her does. for the past 2 years. we don't have any medication is emergency

medication if they don't have any 20 medications, we can only provide 10 or 20 percent of the medication this. these patients need. he had hopes that things would quickly change after a few appeals government and the to ground forces signed the peace deal in november . it's been almost 4 months since the agreement has been faint. and i would expect these things to be to be provided and patient. they cannot wait their day and every day, and they're having for many complications, every day. preventables deaths, people who make it here adjust the tip of the iceberg. because only if you can afford the transport cause they were so overwhelmed at nearby either referral hospital that he had to open a new unit to treat the victims of sexual violence. there were so many gun grip. there were so many for a month for alice inserted into the or gen italia without the exaggeration of

literally quite writing some of the stories. and it's really worrisome to see the span of kid has a miracle. the 3rd of the same time of the initiatives and as any human being they have treated over $500.00 rape cases here since the beginning of the war. he says, the victim, say perpetrators, european and every tree and soldiers as well as local militia. and the nurses at either referral hospital have confirmed that they saw numerous cases of sexual violence. well after the war was declared over and dw news africa reached out to the government. communication service will comment, but they did not respond to our request. we are now joined by terry could get our to director of the job in human rights commission. welcome to the dublin is africa. and now we just had in our report from had us. she

says she still has might miss falling her ordeal and she's angry. what is being done to help survivors like her? thank you. told me we took into the rescue mission we've we've issue about plenty of class reports including the one with the when you read permission to join, invest efficiently for un commission. since the fact of the war that's covering the period up to the time when it's not depend forces through from, from that to region. and we have documented several incidents of validation and abuses of human human rights to monitor and law and refugee law. and we've indicated that some of these incidents constitutes crimes against humanity and even war crime, sexual and gender based violence,

cases like story. story of how does are some of the ad that's not that having be news does. so degrade anti humanize the victims. and that they link up constitutes world war crime. but i would also like to say that the victims include men and boys. some persons with disabilities and people who are targeted because they had family members 30 part in either side of the, of the conflict. the war is this, the main investigation going into each of these, like, for example, had us talking about being ripped by an if you can, soldier. are you the main, you know, the main source when it comes to these, these final reports? well, certainly we have talked to about 260 men victim,

some use of victims. witnesses and sources and other sources, but in our reports constitute the most comprehensive documentation of these humorous nations. but the, we certainly by no means claim to be the, the, on the sources. but to me about what happens next. and these as this has, this has been the subject of our work. since since the end of the conflict and the south of the peace agreement with the signing of the piece, every once in, in november and even earlier with terry adults. about 13 consultations in the war affected areas. and we've listened to the victims like us and try to understand and gather information about what they want. we start to about $700.00 people, the men and women,

and indicated what they would like to see going forward. flood justice for them if you will be as always, insist adds that he wants to carry out this investigation on its own without invest, without intervention from, from outside. but we've seen the un human rights chief essentially say this has to be carried out by an independent body. which way do you see it going? how independent are these? these probes going on? the, there is the use of you on humorous council, has established the international committee of experts on, on the few who have been given abroad mondays to carry out investigations and to collaborate with institutions in the region and the country, putting it up in humor. red commission, now the international committee itself, i've seen several changes of leadership,

but in general we were very happy to note that they have well come to the transition process. so i'm just no justice process and welcome the opportunity to offer support to this process. there will be an interactive dialogue that council and i'm trying to on march and the international committee of experts will be presenting an oral updates at this session. so we will, we look forward to further insights on, on the next steps regarding that mandates and where it's at the, at the, at the center session. ok to detach you, director of the opiate human rights commission. thank you for speaking to us. thank you as well. thank you for having the

world in ghana like in many parts of the world, some jobs as seen as gender specific like bricklaying or vehicle repair. those are considered men's jobs while tailoring or head dressing would be for women. although as max also reports from time away in the north of the country, not everyone agrees with those norms. briette by briggs, i chaise determined to lead the foundations for her future. a lone woman bricklayer in the midst of a team of men. she is building a war for your clients. she purposefully chose leon as a courier, i decided it was my way, which is different from i. there's no way that's why i chose, breaks the day in a silent breaking into building hasn't been easy. human brickley is occlusive

0 percent in often gonna even have family and friends were hostile, her job, and the low cost here in marriage. as we talk, she gets emotional. i nearly do for us because of this work. for now, i have an icon of what for them? i paid yes, goofy. now my i've run is slow waking. i'm able to feed them in a patriarchal society like gamma ayesha is fighting in literally fight. the idea of women been confined to the kitchen and child bearing. the reason is, indigenous communities to on is i don't, i, shes courier, and brooklyn business is a trade blazing efforts thing longer like this, engaging herself in this construction where it's very motivated and it's, it's, it felt does about it. so many girls invent themselves or bring their suffering to

this construction. is that able to keep that a lot and improve their lives? despite the challenges she faces becoming a brittle ear has proven to be life changing. why her? because of this week, i'm able to save money and able to buy blood for myself and i'm planning the future . i'm planning to build a house in it. one day i can tell a story. i shall, once she inspire and a young women so that you can start building your own stories. here in germany, the annual berlin women's award is handed to female personalities, described as having shown, particular commitment and pioneering work on behalf of women and for gender equality. this year's recipient is the social entrepreneur amal,

abbas. she has been recognized for her efforts over the decades. fighting on behalf of women against discrimination miss abbas is of sudanese descent and the 1st woman of african heritage to receive the award. here's an impression of some of the miles work and the projects she's been involved in. hi, i'm a foreign but he can graduate from the crate onto my 15th. i went to a revision for the lady and they told me you are not ukranian. so you can go back to the course of my passport and you couldn't read this probably otherwise try to call the police. i don't agree, par, comply with hard. ringback ringback i believe we need a lawyer in order to proceed from there. we can also deal with life and son because

we have a lot of people here. we can give one can help. yeah. okay . yeah, but it's good to just don't get to know because you know you're asking to try to come here trying to get to know people. you put them to help you. i think it's important that this tories, what happens, i get told because we can't have a political campaign and play me all right. if all of us are in silence, it's not my routing to me. like the only class that was from our organization office. the 24 hour

service, so people work and shift because also at 2 am and at 3 am people stand in front of the street. sometimes the children sometimes is wor, injuries. a big part of my identity is how the world see me and how the world treat depending on what are present to, to move on the cheese, my reality the way and i was really, really from a german, specifically with whatever other communities this is for me extreme, healy seek, with less hesitation, with less worry. how's it going to be accepted? what i'm saying, or what is gonna be broadband, me like amazon in hers, you know, and i'm glad to say i'm all abbas joins me here in studio. welcome to detail the

news africa, and congratulations on the award and on all your work or your chief mints that you've had so far you've been recognized as having worked to fight for equality since the 19 ninety's. why is this issue so close to your heart? i grew up in dresden in germany, m and t m b i from their kindergarten onwards. i've been facing discrimination and, and yeah, racism. and so yet it's, it's something that i've been through live through. and in that sense, i understand the pain and the difficulties associated with it. for my own life i. and with that you've, you've started to advocate for black women in germany. tell me about that, that, that struggle. what are the main challenges that you're having to, to, to fight,

i think, and the fact that and throughout my life in germany there has been a tendency to, can yet not take the impact of racism serious. and for many years there was a tendency to kind of think, it's not that bad or even to kind of tell people that, you know, you imagine it or you're over sensitive. and the structural nature of the problem has many, many times been denied. because also there was no colonial a german colonial history being taught in schools. and many people are completely misinformed and, and have still this notion of superiority. that they walk around with from those colonial times. and whereby had the real nature of the

black culture arts. our history is, is, sin, is phil, as an unknown facts to many people in this country. and among the people you've advocated for black people who had to flee from ukraine during the war. what challenges of they face cheer and, and, and how they coping m. yeah, their situation is still appalling because am the 1st or well not the 1st, but there was an appalling discrimination on the borders of even reaching white ukrainians that were allowed to go through. and black people who were asked to pay astronomical sums or were denied the journey. that is happening right now. there is people are also with permanent residency ukraine. people live there for more than 10 years who want to flee and are denied entry to poland. and 2 neighboring

states, hungary and am slovakia and, and, and you know, that's something that, that's absolutely wrong because all people are affected by war should have a chance to flee and should then also be granted the same protection. we have article 24, and therefore it's not acceptable. why they are so many places in this country that are pushing people into asylum cases that have absolutely no chance. my article 24 . we signed this treaty as a, as a country and, and exactly and, and that, that does allow people to have this temporary protection. and it's not understandable why we've had the 1st person being deported to nigeria. and when you look at medical students that are badly needed in this country,

and people with teaching qualifications that we need, we have a shortage of 80000 teachers. we have a problem with racism in our schools. give people a chance, find ruth's roots to make sure they can contribute to, to this society. and these causes have led to us like that you quinn will. we're talking about lead to the formation of the tubman network, which your part of can you tell us more about this, this network? what exactly work do you do? the tab my network is a coalition of black organizations and individuals that kind of came together around the 28th of february in order to say, we feel like we need to put our heads together and to support our brothers and sisters who were at that time literally freezing to death in the cold

nights. and we've housed to date a about 4000 people. and i'm telling you it's not enough. we do need more hosts. we do know more people that am spend their time supporting people . and there is food shortages, ferris m, m help with translation going to the various different or bureaucratic hurt roles. and so there is, there were, there are acute needs yet when, when you want to gather together with 300 families and where do we go? where do we go, where i can be sure that are the kind of racist remarks and because we, we come together are not being repeated and a trauma doesn't continue. crash. i am all of us. i will have to leave it there.

but congratulations once again on your achievement and thank you for speaking to us . thank you as well. ah, to kate bird malware boxen is still a very male dominated sport. but a young champion, vanessa suarez, has set out to change that she is pulling no punches and winning metals, though fighting stigma and prejudice is still her toughest opponent getting into boxing per vanessa. whereas in the ring for her hardest fight against prejudice, he began 10 years ago when she was still at school. her hope was that by taking up her gloves, she would be able to defend herself against abuse. she was suffering in the school yards while i met her as a girl. i had a horrible time at school when i was bullied

a lot. and when i saw my brother in law boxing, i thought i'd maybe, if i learned boxing that my classmates would start treating me badly. boxing changed everything. she says it transformed her from a bullied girl into a confident young woman walked smoothing a ring. when i started boxing my self esteem hit at an all time high, low leeway and it's not come down since i walked in for me. boxing everything, it's life, it must do an dish. boxing is more than smaller. i needed them from taking so many heads. i learned to be a strong one. i'm what kinda, nothing can shake me off. well, the oil can neither that once you got my la after a year and a half practicing boxing as an ammeter, vanessa suarez began taking part in local, regional and finally national competitions. in 2015, she was runner up in cape fair days women's boxing championship. in the 52 kilogram

klaus, her korea translated into a fist full of metals vision. vanessa only stopped competing when she had her 1st child, but even so she didn't abandon the sport. now she teaches boxing to women, hoping to instill them with the strength she fails by that. okay, i started training women because i was often a victim of gender based violence performance. i want to put a stop to violence against women. at any point we women are being killed and we've been through a lot of that. i think that if a woman learns a way to defend herself when she will know how to deal with a blow from her husband, the father, just say mother, say what you wife's got up and yell. it's a daily struggle. but every day, vanessa suarez is knocking the remaining mic, his mo, out of cape verde, one punch at a time. that no, that's it for now. but be sure to check out our other stories on d. w dot com,

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