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hygiene products into wells, making it difficult for millions of women and girls to a fault. and we look at how periods, how about this affecting the everyday lives the high um eddie, mike, i doing. yeah. and you uh, welcome to the program. the reasons tragedy in south africa has drawn attention to the countries house in crisis. 70 people died in the incidents last month in june on his back when of fi i got to had what's known as the hijacked to build and many other countries pool living sites around down properties which are taking over and controlled by gangs dw correspondence diane hawkeye gained re access to some of these hijacked buildings into honda is back in sam's us this report

the this used to be a hospital now it's squatted. city officials are inspecting it as part of the drive to crack down the legal landlord's. dozens of people including family's lives. yeah . unable to find cheap accommodation, else we in the, in the city. it's doc den. 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 are not leaving this place and that's a for my problems. one megabyte type the. they pay as much as half of the monthly

income for cramp and unsafe dirty spaces. many of the hijacked buildings in the city of china spoke all municipal owned properties. in some instances, like with the costs of me, a building behind me, the buildings have been taken over by criminal syndicates who have been terminated, municipal security, gained access force when police don't usually into this area. it's an unofficial, no goes own. they say criminal views as a hideout, official say this order could help return the hijacked and occupied buildings to they need, the owners, we had payments in the spring. we were in the bose is all the focus in the, the, the building and the entity. okay, to the current demons to another place. and in that services go with thing happened and the building was in high address, then since the occupied, the tool is very basic here. but for undocumented,

for an migrants and disparate saw that pretends it's important to be in the, in the city where they might find casual work to 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'd also it. but i think when you come to the local level, this is way you also find that that is a bit of a care in terms of the that we haven't in the, in the city had a function. now, 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. each officials admit the city simply 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 for can hello diane, nice to see you now 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 wins along with meat of with municipal police, into these buildings as that 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 am gonna say it's been, was quite shocking. i mean, i've been a resident of having this book for over a decade now and have, i've heard about the hijacked buildings and the 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 this system sensory aspects that don't carry a trust 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 outside in 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 and 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 problem seems to be a part of it big our social economic issue to tell us more about that. it's definitely, i think, over the years, you know, so there for to, has become with, in 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 him as but, you know, dad, this book is, is, is, has a local nickname, equity, which means you know,

the place of gold and, you know, for decades it's, it's been a place where people literally would come to seek gold in the vines and, but the mining industry has, has decreased all the time. on the flip side, the influx of people into jazz but 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 a 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 paid to accommodation and end up staying in these buildings and a very poor conditions coming across one in the band hall and you're on his back out africa. thank you. now to the democratic republic of congo where the south and

mining town of coal wednesday sits on jude reserves of cobalt. 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 a 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 of our 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,

up on the decor company, how expectation was that we'd receive compensation law. 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, are they going to 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, in time neighborhoods have literally being wiped off the map. cobalt is a rad resource that exists only in a few places on the planet. the house of all none global resides ever under the busy streets and farmlands of coal. lazy for mobile phones to electric cars, cobalt is everywhere, making the seas reserves sol taffeta and outside interest and the pc to profit.

mean one thing human suffering from this. they had harrowing testimony. can you name a sock? i used to live in the nearby village of mccomb, b sides of family and most of that community were brutally evicted from their homes by the companies republican god. so that's, that's what i told is that we wonder if it was war or something. well, i mean, from that moment you know, the soldiers with guns off my ship, villages, fields look on my she um we was so afraid to say, but on the houses i think they may go. i've got to be going back to one minute room and it gets worse. honesty spoke to kabibi, he wants to remain anonymous. she says 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 is if you have any mind 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 with that. and they are not paying us the money. they need to pay all 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 for the people have called lazy cobalt, looked like a cus, not a blessing from all of those lead to bring in candy or fema from this the international she's leading me cetera into these particular findings. hello kennedy, not to 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 residence crazy, which is known as the world couple capital are protected and the interest of front light communities is kept 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 for a systemic issue because thousands and thousands of people are concerned on many of the concessions that we 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 are 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 minimal authorities. this year reading says with the companies and really haven't been heard. i have in mind in particular, the case as a mass uh and the informal b. c, max is a company that's a 100 percent or c based to the u. e. and what people told us that in november 2016, the village was read by the colleagues military current which isn't particularly,

you know, the military in charge of protecting the president and not involved, but over the years and was home to about 15023000 people, when i was burned down, and i met with a child who was just an actor. so when the incident happens and you know, they were kicked out of their homes sort of without any process but extreme violence. it took years and many months advocacy for their community. so to get any sort of attention from the stories, the company acceptance or pay your settlement in 2019, which was $1500000.00. but if you subdivided 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 then the transition demand for cult 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 the top of your dependency. as we, as you know, states the carpet or the global economy, the demand for, you know, these strategic barrels, it's only or to decrease and not resize already have very serious crushes on the ground. um so you know, we're just trying to like bring in the red flag. um, because is for sure not just in the year a see for many other places in the world. we find some examples with articles called the others. you know, people live near or on 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 for 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 i can't really think about there's the right candy or female research or what i'm listening to not to know. thank you very much for your insights. oh, nice. now the well, bank estimates around the 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 period poverty. this means they sometimes have to stay home during the time of the month, 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 during hit periods to is just one of many goals and gonna whose education is damaged because if somebody cannot afford to send a troop pads it's not easy because when i'm numerous, just like a leper and 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 them. he does ride over me because i'm does 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 the. if i come out of them or they have is why do give me maybe sometimes stop some of them even please me, maybe drunk or credits. and so i have to take a look. oh, active is how formed goals club to talk about pubes and show them reusable paths. they give these paths to the goals for free. with this was a good to leave us. if they can do what do you this means that will apply for 3 years. then that means that the mental it a bind, i'll send it to the side we watch, will be reduced. if park of disposable of furniture pads goes, i can use to yours. for many from these, that's a whole these, the minimum wage. most of the price is texas the n t o actually eat gun. i has been leading the push to best. we have the government to cut to boost taxes a mess versus, you know, be something that keeps

a deal out of school. and so the government as a month off is the need to really cost to the detox enforced on subject to death and reduce this that so that the rad deal can be able to afford the seller to part, to keep them in school. and towards the realization of the is did you core for that is the goal for as a government e to provide inclusive education for boys and goes back to 5th texas remain because spots imported and ministers wants to make an exception. honda behooves their usable pods. she goes from the goes club means that the taxes will no longer endanger her plan and become it's j o n s. and she'll come to school, all of us who helped me to achieve that too. and i want to come to school always to

learn has and always have a great position in the class she and have friend go home equipped to bypass the taxes, profess to pursue the education every day of the month. let's welcome before i'm straight to the program to the senior agenda specialist with you and women and joins us from a crowd gun i had it with. wow, how widespread is a problem of period poverty in gonna a book a thank you for having me on your program. and as you know, perfect, she come as 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 specially we may name skills and a so this relates to have been washrooms happen to time if it takes shouldn't have been sunday pods and all of its water and all of it. so it's, it's

a bit difficult to see exactly how much about this test estimate to that's at least about over 3000000 women in gales in ghana and in deposition way because of financial reasons. the kinds have access to what if i do 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 got as women and girls socially, professionally. it's a town ok. so you, i think, to end this time, maybe to a cup of tea at $415.00. i mean when talking about the steps and stuff time where you need to keep yourself keen hygiene to kennedy and socially. and so if you're not able to do that because you're not able to get the things that you need it for, then it can lead to central things. socially. you would not feel like going to

populate an even 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 giving the parents that this is what they need. and so, which means that they will not be able to go to school, they have 2 dogs classes, and it all goes to keep out. guess i'll be from the knowledge that they need to prove upon the life. so it's a number of things has a number of friends, accessed information access to me, access to 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 streets, that's will be acceptable to everybody. talking about the political side. what's making it so difficult for long make is to make some of the products cheaper. cash. i think from my perspective, i think there's a lack of funding to caldwell because i know the united patients and demonstrations and in fact, private sector has been involved in given 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 count well 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 are fixed women named gills, maybe maybe just maybe to like to do something about that. 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 women, add them to be able to put forcefully at the reason it's on the table. 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 the legislation that 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. that's our solution. that cool for discussion in public, right? if we're on, say you're doing a good job fighting for the rights of girls and women out there,

all the best with that if we're on. so the 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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