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abuses of communities in the democratic republic of congo. and gonna have some of the highest taxes on menstrual hygiene products into wells, making it difficult for millions of women and girls to a fault. and we look at how period poverty is affecting the everyday lives the high. um, eddie mike, i do now and you welcome to the program. the recent tragedy in south africa has thrown attention to the countries house in crisis. 70 people died in the incidents last month in johannesburg. when a fi i got had what's known as a high dr. build and many other countries pool i live in such a run down properties which i've taken over uncontrolled by gang dw correspondents, diane hawkeye gained re access to some of these hijacked buildings in johannesburg and sends us this report. the

the this used to be a hospital now it's squatted, city officials are inspecting it as part of the drive to cut down a need legal landlord's dozens of people including family's lives. yeah. unable to find cheap, a combination elsewhere in the, in the city. it stock them and it stinks. it's clear that refuse has not been collected for a long time. the building is home to many children and just 2 months ago to died in a fire. but those who live here want to stay because it's so hard to find anything else in the, in the city. i feel quite happy to. we are totally unhappy about what the government is doing. the department of housing should find a solution to this problem. we want them to reconnect our electricity and we're not

leaving this place. and that's what, when i times 4 megabyte touch the they pay as much as half of the monthly income for cramped and unsafe dirty spaces. many of the hijacked buildings in the city of china spoke all municipal owned properties. in some instances, life with the cost me a building behind me. the buildings have been taken over by criminal syndicates who have intimidated municipal security and gained access. 4th, when police don't usually into this area, it's an unofficial no goes own. they say criminal views as a high doubt, official say this or that could help return the hijacked and occupied buildings to they need to own us. we had statements in the spring. we think. ready well, in the process, all the focus in the, the, the building and the okay to the current demons. to another place, an investor sees, go with thing happened and the building was the high dressed then since the

occupied the one of our tools. it's very basic here, but for undocumented fine migrants and disparate saw that pretends it's important to be in the, in the city where they might find casual work. the social economic rights institute studies living conditions in the, in the city center and says, the government needs a clear plan on how to improve the situation. we have policies that type a that can assist in this situation, at least i to also it but i think when you come to the local level, this is where you'll also find that it is a bit of a gap. in terms of off the bed. we haven't in the, in the city had a functional, a city wide response to that issue of housing in the, in the city. if these people would be victims. so that we can know saves the

municipality must provide somewhere else for them to live. it's officials admit the city assembly does not have enough space for all those desperately need of safe affordable housing in south africa, city of gold. let's get them all from our correspondence. diane hawkeye, who joins us now from john. his works out africa. hello diane, nice to see you. and i'll considering the dangerous. how did you gain access to the hijacked buildings? well, it certainly wasn't an area that we couldn't into ourselves without some kind of a police is school. we actually accompanied a group of musical officials who went along with meet up with municipal police into these buildings as they were doing inspections and trying to do the audit. unfortunately, the area that these buildings in is, is quite well known for being a bit of a prime heartbeat. and it would have been quite dangerous if we had simply tried to

go in the, an assisted or without knowing some of the residents or community groups in that area. and then you had access to the building. how did it seem like being in that? i must say it's been was quite shocking. i mean, i've been a resident of johannesburg for over decade now. and have, i've heard about the hijacked buildings and occupied buildings and the terrible conditions. but it's quite different when you see it 1st hand, particularly knowing that a lot of people are living the, with the children and families. the conditions, you know, are really a polling. and this system sensory aspects that don't carry across in the package, such as the, the, the smell in those buildings simply because, you know, refers, refuse, hasn't been removed for a long time. the doesn't seem to be any real process for the removal of rubbish. so it's just piling up in courtyards with, in the buildings or outside on the streets and, and they,

and they often isn't draining water. so one could imagine, you know, storage and things like that but also not being collected. so really the, the smell was something that i think stuck with me and, and the camera person. so i was off to we into that building. and i think also the feeling that a good was a bit of a sense of the space that, that people were living in these kinds of conditions and will continue to live in these kinds of conditions. unless something drastic is done to resolve it. i mean, the hijacks and abundant building problems seems to be a part of a big got social economic issue to tell us more about that. is this an a t, i think over the years, you know, so there for, to, has become, within this region seen as an area where people can get prosperity. and in south africa, that location of prosperity has for a long time been to have this. but,

you know, dad, this book is, is, is, has a local nickname, equity, which means you know, the place of goals and, you know, for decades it's, it's been a place where people literally would come to seek gold in the mines. but the mining industry has, has decreased all the time. on the flip side, the influx of people into japan, this book has not. and that is people migrating with in south africa to look for greener pastures as well as those coming from outside of south africa, looking for some kind of opportunities. so particularly in the areas where you have those hijacked and abandoned buildings, you'll find the real melting part of people from the rural areas in south africa as well as those coming from outside who don't have enough resources to get back to accommodation and end up staying in these buildings and a very poor conditions, correspondent diane hawkeye,

indiana is back out africa. thank you. now to the democratic republic of congo, where the south and mining town of co wednesday sits on huge reserves of cult a crucial metal for making rechargeable batteries. the power electric vehicles, the mobile phones that we use and also laptops, but as well as moving away from fossil fuels. that's consent that the growing demand for cobalt is affecting people as its main source. and the recent reports i'm this, the international details alleged forced evictions and human rights abuses targets and communities in the d l. c. as mine and companies expand the operations in a moment that will be speaking to candy or female. unless these rosetta but fast, here are some kind of findings breaking my break. and almost all has been demolishing his own home. he moved in he and maybe 30 years ago. now he's having to rebuild out on the edge of town. after being forcibly evicted by the

operates of the vast open cas mine at the end of his st. louis, i'll com. did they go on how expectation was that we'd receive compensation level? this is because of the law size. if you relocate someone you do, i be the person should live in a better place and why they will get it that way. but unfortunately, it's practically the opposite. practicum i live onto the co, boise is a community that's living on the edge and the edge keeps coming closer. as a cobalt mind can seems everything in its path in some cases and tie a neighborhood of literally being wiped off the map. cobalt is a rad resource that exists only in a few places on the planet. a house of old, nun global resides under the busy street, some farmlands of coal. lazy from mobile phones to electric cars. cobalt is everywhere, making the seas reserves sole taffeta and outside interest and the pc to profit.

mean one thing human suffering. i'm this they had hiring testimony. can you name is soc i used to live in the nearby village of nicole, the size of family and most of that community were brutally evicted from that homes by the companies republican god. so that's the judy that we wonder if it was war or something. well, i mean from that moment, you know, we are part of soldiers with guns and officers can not ship villages. fields. look on my she um, we was so afraid to stay behind on the houses. i think they may go, i've got to be going to want my new room and it gets worse. i'm just, he spoke to kabibi. he wants to remain anonymous. she said she was brutally gang raped by 3 soldiers after she tried to get to the fields, blocked off by military forces patrolling men nearby. mine matters. if you have any money, i feel ill. i don't mind very ill. let me figure out, i mean my, my entire body was in pain and my head really hugged me see out. i've never

experienced anything like that. get with, if i get such things have never happened. and i put that and they are not paying us the money. they need to pay on money. so we can bring our children back to school forecast say that the global demand for cobalt could increase 6 souls by 2040 the seas. rad resources may be able to save the world from climate catastrophe. the people have called lazy cobalt, looked like a cus, not a blessing. from on this slide to bring in candy or female from amnesty international. she's leading me such a thing to these particular findings. hello kennedy. now that pass you to these are all materials is creating a horrible situation for locals. tell us more about the major findings from your report. so hi, a thank you for having me. because we have interviewed about a 130 people who have been forcibly evicted from the holes in farmland to degree

for a large industrial mining projects that extract cold and cover. and, but it's very clear to us is that there is a gap in state action to make sure that the rates of residents raise the, which is known as the world. couple capital are protected in the interest of front like communities of discuss at the center of the kind of lead garland policies in the mining sector and not the companies we've been in touch with. i really have experience as practice when it comes to management. this project died, power really doesn't my know. i mean you have your sample size, but give us a sense of how wide spread this problem is. we describe it in the report as a stomach issue because thousands and thousands of people are concerned on many of the concessions that be visited or home soon. you know, $40000.00 plus people co reviewed south of the city. there's how 1000000 people and

the issue really spreads across the province. the ok, and you know, is something that attracts people who live all across the comfort zones, which is the region that stretches all the way from southern guarantee. i mean, we understand some people uh, being kicked out of their homes. i mean, according to your reports that people are being kicked out of their homes without compensation. so my question is, where do they live and how are they surviving as well? i think what's striking is that many have sought out support from professional government authorities, national them authorities, issue reading says with the companies and really has been heard. i have in mind, particularly the case as a mass uh and the informal b. c. max is a company that's a 100 percent or by and see based on the u. e. and what people told us that in

november 2016, the village was read by the colleagues military current, which is that particular unit, the military in charge of protecting the president and not involved, but over the years and was home about 1500 at 3000 people when i was burned down and i met with a child who was due to an actor. so when the incident happens and you know, next and they were kicked out of their homes sort of without any process but extreme violence. it took years and many months advocacy for they need to get a new sort of attention frontier stories, the company acceptance of pay, your settlement in 2019, which was $1500000.00. but if you sub divided by the number of residents, that means that many people receipt as little as $2300.00 for the last the whole

and their entire community. right? right. very tragic situation. the but as a well mix it's and i do transition to mindful cobalt is only going to increase again that was in your report. how do you see that situation involving the next few years as well? i think it's evident that the world really urgently needs to move away from top of your dependency. as we, as you know, states the carpet or the global economy. the demand for strategic minerals is only or to decrease and not resize already have very serious crushes on the road. um so you know, we're just trying to like really red flags because is for sure, not just in the year a see the many other places in the world. we find some examples with articles called the others, you know, people live near or on the, the resources that are so essential and critical to the world's energy transition.

so i think, you know, there's going to be an exploration of the demand. and both, you know, consumers, industrials, and, you know, states should really be my heart of human rights abuses that can happen. extraction and to that is right. can be a female research. i what i'm listening to not to know. thank you very much for your insights. oh, nice. now the world bank estimates around 500000000 women and girls around a well do not have adequate access to menstrual hygiene products, often because they simply can't afford them. it's what's referred to as periods of poverty. this means they sometimes have to stay home during the time with the mind, and miss work or school gone to, for example, imposes some of the wealth, highest taxes on sunday, treat products. but social activist calling for change of state of use. isaac, how they do reports, there should be a girl sitting on these sites in class,

but she's not at school today because she's got happier. especially the honey be knows exactly what, that's like. she often misses lessons german hip here. it's to or just one of many gills in ghana whose education is damaged because if somebody cannot afford to send the trip pads, it's not easy. because when melissa cycles, lebron don't have the lowest, you gave me to go to the bank because they are taking care of some of my other brothers. and so please, and even do use some of the money to buy some steps to qualify. so my friend doesn't have dimon, she does ride over because of the sometimes i don't even come to school. every center quotes by united nation students fund. unicef showed that's nearly all gills . living in rural communities in ghana means 20 percent of the schooling because of this period, poverty. they know what's the, i'm missing?

it's been maybe oh awesome. i'll also have my fits up from school. and my uncle usually sits in the classroom and then, and i'm not a, if i come at all of them are they have is what do give me the sometimes. so some of the evening says me, we've been drunk or quartz and i didn't have to take a look. oh, active is how formed goes club to talk about pubes and show them reusable paths. they give these paths to the goals for free without and this was a good to leave us. if they can do what do you this means that we applied for 3 years. then that means that the mental it a button to send it to appear to be what will be reduced if park of disposable of furniture pads goes, i can use to yours. for many from these. that's the whole, these, the minimum wage. most of the price is taxes, the energy will actually eat gun. it has to be leading the push to best with the

government, the cost of those taxes a mess versus, you know, be something that keeps a deal out of school. and so government as a month off, it is the need to really close to that the tax being forced on sound legit to death . and we do this that so that the rad deal can be able to afford the seller to part to keep them in school. and to was realization of the is, did you code for that is the goal for is a government e to provide inclusive education for boys and goes back to 5th texas, remain because spots imported administers once make an exception kind of be hoops their usable pots. she goes from the goals club means that the taxes will no longer endanger her plan was come, it's j o n s. and she'll come to school,

all of us who helped me to achieve that. and i want to come to school always to learn has and always have a great position in the class. she and her friend go home equipped to bypass the taxes per page to pursue the education every day of the month. and that's welcome. before i'm straight to the program, she's a senior agenda specialist with you and woman and joins us from my crack down. i had it with wow. how widespread is a problem of period poverty in gonna ok. thank you for having me on your program. and as you know, perfect, she covers a number of things. it's actually in use in relation to dana ability of people to have access to the things that they need to keep themselves key. my dear, i can be a pdf that special ed women, abigail's and a and so this relates to have been washrooms, have been

a good time if it takes shouldn't have been sunny pods and all of its water and all of it. so it's, it's a bit difficult to see exactly how much about the 5th estimates it that's at least about over $3000000.00 women in gales in ghana and in deposition way because of financial reasons. the kinds have access to what if i didn't need to india msp that's too useful. what do you need to use it for me? that's definitely a high number of what? broader impacts as best have on gotten as women and girls socially, professionally. it's a town or ok, so you, i think you understand where we took up op for 15. i mean when took up the steps and stuff time where you need to keep yourself keen. hi jimmy kennedy and socially . and so if you're not able to do that because you're not able to get that thing,

thing you need it for, then it can lead to st. for all things socially, you will not feel like going into public. i mean, if you do, i don't think that public will come you so much and so you would not be able to participate as a citizen. and i fair family member and all of that professionally. it also means that you kind of, you have to stay at home and you cannot do the things that will bring you some money to look after yourself. all your carry out or whatever the fuck else is coolest, particularly difficult because some of them don't even have the ability to tell the parent, even the parents that this is what they need. and so it means that they will not be able to go to school, they have to dodge classes, and the toll goes to keep, i guess i'll be from the knowledge that they need to, to full upon their life. so it's a number of things has a number of friends, accessed information access to me, access to lack access,

the social life and even political life. because even you've got to take part in discussion to see i know going to be able to go with it. if you don't have what it takes to keep yourself in the state, that's will be acceptable to everybody. talking about the political side, what's making it so difficult for long make us to make some entry products cheaper? cash. i think from my perspective faxing just a lack of funding to caldwell because i knew the united patients and demonstrations . and in fact, the private sector has been involved in giving some of these products free to students and all of that. so this is not too much of a wait list that you found issue, but i think is it plenty to caldwell to do what they need to do. but it can be could also be political. it also be lack of knowledge because if they knew the extent to which these things i fix women named gills, maybe,

maybe just maybe to like to do something about. i mean, is this what happens when you don't have enough women in positions or pie? yeah, it could be part of the reason because you would expect that's if they weigh many more, we mean add them to be able to put forcefully at the reason for the people. and in fact, we also know that you need the crew to come muscles. we mean in the community or in any community for them to be able to make any impact. so if you have less than in legislation, for example, if i'm 14 percent of them, 15 percent of them and then legislation, they makes it difficult. and apart from that, tell me moving this 14 percent if, if they do to of the finance committee of fundamental work on these things. and if you have only a few women on the finance committee, it's going to be difficult to talk, especially about issues like this stuff as socially at school for discussion in

public right before, entre uh, you're doing a good job fighting for the rights of uh, girls and women out there all the best with that. if alonzo senior investigation is with you and women, thank you. and that's all we have in the program. we'll see you next time, bye for now the

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