totoday, wmeetet thr youngng indodonesian womenen who are cy about heavy metal.l. we check out a kenyan movie about the power of the imagination. and we learn about the brutal domestic violence that's still far too common in india. what's the most dangerous place for women? you're probably thinking a public park at night, or a dark alleyway. but it's not. it's the home. worldwdwide, one woman in thre has been the victim of sexual or

physysal violence by an intimate panener. acrding to rent rearch bythe w billion wowomen worldwide haveo legal protection in situations involvg domestic violence. 144 countries now have laws on sexualal harassment,t, but thee rarely implelemented when n it s to vioiolence withinin a partnenership. in 3 37 countries,s, forced sexx within a a marriage dodoesn't n cocount as rape.e. in indiaia, sex with a a minos women over 18 8 ough are stilln ryry much at the mercy of their husbanan. reporter: this woman can't go to the courts and her family doesn't understand her problem. that's why she's come to this women's support center. priya is in her early 20's. the mother of twtwo was forced into a an arrangnged marriagex years ago. since then, she's been tormented and abused by her own husband.

priya: he'd wake me up in the middle of the night and pressure me for sex, even when i was ill. when i tried to stop him, he hit me. sometimemes i wouldn't be ableo sit down for days, or move without pain. reporter: unlike priya, 60-year-old suresh has no qualms about showing her face on camera. her suffering started 20 years ago. now she wants to go public with her story, even if her relatives condndemn her and say she's tarnishingng the family's hono. suresh is now divorced. her ex-husband cheated on her with his own daughter-in-law. suresh: nevertheless, he still wanted to have sex with me, even though i refused him. he got drunk, hit me, raped me. repeatedly. i ran away.

reporter: chaitali is a women's rights activist from delhi who supports victims of abuse. she can find women new jobs oror new place to live, but she can't give them justice. husbands who force their wives to have sex with them are, technically, not breaking the law in india. chaitali: the basis for this is the patriarchal tradition here. a woman is viewed as the property of her father. after she's married, she becomes the property of her husband. issues, on women's aspirations and fears. the filmlm was initialally bannn india byby the censorsrship authorities. its direoror says hitit a lilile too clolose to home. alankrita: i do feel that therere's a high l level of ae

within marriages. within relationsnships also, bt defininitely within n marriage. and it becomomes dififficult bee you are alwaways told to worort ouout. reporterer: in the fututure, te could be a another optioion, e legal one. india's supreme court decided to hold a hearing on the issue. not long ago, it banned child marriages. is the next step to finally criminalize marital rape? even at this respected and progressive women's university in delhi, opinion is divided. many here say they would welcome a new law. others argue it could be misused. >> there have been many cases registered where women have utilized the right of these dowries and all in a negative way, and misused them. >> physical intimidation is something which is v very possie to a couple, but again, it's a rape, so we cannot neglect it. and of course, our consent, whether we want to get touched

or not, is highly important. reporter: on the day of the hearing, chaitali and a other women's rights activists came to the court. then, unwelcome news. the hearing was postponed to a later date. but chaitali says that's not necessarily a bad sign. chaitali: we have to be patient. society is not going to change so quickly. ababove all, what has toto stos the belief t that women e essentially men's prproperty. thatat won't hapappen overern, even with a new law. reporter: but it would be a step in the right direction. even if the supreme court takes its time with the ruling, victims and activists campaigning for change are confident it will ultimately make the right decision in women's favor. host: this week in global ideas, we're in south africa, where we meet women striving for climate justice.

once upopon a time, johannesbug was the city of gold. for decades, hundreds of companies mined the precious metal there. today, all that's left of the mines s are hundredsds of impog slag heaeaps, many of them rigt nextxtoor to residential areas. our reporter stefan mohl went to stefan: thisis barren waststelas one of the m mine dumps fofounn and around south africa's biggest city, johannesburg. the soil here is full of toxins like arsenic, lead, and radioactive uranium. thheheavy ras anand du stormrms that have become more frequeins in rent t yearhave s sprd the coamination, especlllly arnd soweto a i its nghboriring that have become more frequeins in renttownships.e s sprd the th leded nvile mokoena to beco l actist, , educing pepele about the healthth hazards pososed be minene dumps.

she's invivited us to heher fay home in soweweto, where heher r sister andnd two nephewsws li. ndivivile knows ththat here, enenvironmental l issues lie clime e changere also soal issues. ndivilile: climate change largy is viewed as an environmental issue. however, it encompasses everytything. it's a developmemental issue, is a human rights issue, it's a social issueue. yofindndhat when you look the pactcts climate chang and how one can adapt, the mos vulnablele arehe women and chchildren. stefan: ndivile grewp p under the racist apartheid regime.bs and how one can adapt, the mos vulnablele arehe women and dumped directly next to the totownshipwherere blk peopople lived, at a safe distance froms and how one can adapt, the mos vulaffluent whihite suburbs.. a young girl, she saw how chch more lnererablehe poooor

lived, at a safe distance froms and and d disadvantaged d were o vulenvironmentatal problems.. women suffered doubly. not only were they exposed to the hahazards, in a a deeply enentrenched patatriarchal soc, fa w was aotion n ivile ewewd that menouldup wh.tate a w woman ndivile: traditionlyly, u know, when man getmarrrrie they areooking tget a y as first t rn. t when i came out and they fi o out thait i is a rl, ththen my fatheher said, i hahave had enouough of girls.s. that is s the meaning g of my e , ndivile.e. it means, i have had enough. stefan: ndivile was the third of fourur daughters. her fathther was aroroud man, o took good care of his family. yet w was alsa dedeeply traditionanal man, who s saw no hervalulue in educatiting girl.

girls s toniversity becaushe the els hehes wastg his moy. cacause will go to scho, then start wkingng, t we will be working for athereramily becauswewe'll t marrrrieand wo for s seone else or anoer faly. so hwould rather invest in boys r rher th i in gis. so that thin y younow, i think it sort ofnspipid me to look to theseender ises. stan: ndive did udy anyway, rning the ney sheneed ad lar as a mketer at aig tional nspaper. she got re and me invoed in cmunityork. evenally sheuit her jo and ornized vironmentaclean- campaigns in sowo. totoday, ndivile is the south afriri coordinator forhehe gend intnto ban climate chge

itiative.the glob netwod motors t t gender cocomponents ofof climate prorotection strari in cities around the world. a a proct wororksp in jchallenges faced by won ininas shartheicoununies.s s and in indndia, for inststance, my poor famililies can't afafforde curity of a basic lifefe insuncnce. rekha: m mumbai is a c coastalr, okay.. so whenever the men n go out t sea and whwhenever therere are storms andnd they don't t reto relocate o or to looout for aa for the e family themsmselves. t the burn onon them is increased ten times more. stefan: in south africa, the inititiative worksks together h two cicities. in introducing climate-s-smart ivivurbaban agriculturure.rest in johannesburg's joubert pa,, anbandndonedreenhohoushas noww

become a community garden.-smart the cooperative grows vegetables and medidicinal herbs.s. currentltly the projecect provs wowo for two formerly jobless memen. ntheyey own a farm inin their a where theyey stay. and thenen they come h here as vovoluntee to o the eenhououseo tata care of the space. stefan: thth a changing g clima, riculturalal practices h have o change, too. the projoject teaches s womn farmrmers how to a adapt sustaiy mamosweu: : so here inin greenh, fofooas we arare doing orgaganic vegetabl, it helps us to susustain ouelveves. bebecause we sell our ororganic vegetablbles to the e local mat so we are able to have sometngng evy weweek. stefan: making themselves hedd byolicicymaks remamaina big

to renovate e the greenhouse, s the ci governmt had aged minute. ndile:e: is still a long way to g butut we ll keeeeon raising our voice and keepep n commenting andnd critiing g thr policieses and makereco. ididtify gaps where there e ae gaps.. ststefan: it's work that takas strengngth and perseseveranc d ndivile mokoena has plenty b both. hostwawar,isease, corrupti and stvationon the arare me of thimages that ce totoind when peoplethe antidote to such stereotypes -- movies made in africa by africans. nigeria leads the way when it comes to film production. last year alone, more than 1500 movies were made in nollywood, most of them produced by smamal

companies on dvd, using cheap equipment and amateur actors. cinemas are pretty rare e in africaca, on average, there's just one for every million people. and until now, there's been little funding for big budget films. but that's about to change. the african union has ambitions. it wants to boost the continent's film industry profits to $20 billion and create 20 million jobs at the same time. a new kenyan film was shown at this year's berlinale film festival. reporter: meet an up-and-coming movie star. stycie: i had to do a lot of things to prepare for this film. it was very fun. premiered at the berlin film festival. it's the story of jo, who love actionilmsms and dreams s of beg a superhero.o. she is t terminally ilill, ands

comeme home from t the hospitao die. heher sister triries to keep r spiritits up. ththe whole villllage plays al. theyey all stop inin their tra. jo's m mission is toto catch a thief. mugambi: in n the end, thehe fay is not the point. it's the fact that she found heroism inside of her and

inspired the whole village to do something. everyone has a hero living inside of them, who they just need to discover.. reporterer: the messssage maye univerersal, but thehe story it in a v village in kenya. the film was shot near nairobi . there is plenty of local cololr and spspecific cultutural references. films from afrfrica rarely fid large audiences outside the continent. mykel: you know that african cinema has its unique style, very different from what the west would do. and from the environment, to the language, culturur to the lifestyle of the people, to the dress culture, and into every spices we put to make our films.

and d so that's what we'reryry. reporter: afrirican filmmakers come to o international film festivals to present their work and make contacts, like here at the berlinale. at the same time, many of them don't want to replicate conventional western filmmaking, but create alternative visions. elias: i would love to see more african films made by africans. i think the vast majority of african films that go into the mainstream circuit are actually made by europeans, written by europeans. theyey usually have a a white sr somewhere in them. and we've made it our mission to try and change that. reportrter: the villagers make jo's last wish come true -- to make a f film and starar in it befofore she dies.s. ththfilm industry is in its inncncy in my afririca cocountrs. for someearsrs nowfilmlmkers in a africa have r received sut fr t the gern ececonom

co-operation and developme miniry a and the dw acacademy. barbara:a: it contntbutes so ststrongly to raraisinthe gegel skskill set level of kenyan fim makers, becae e what idoeses is barbara:a: it contntbutes so it g gives us an o opportunito work on n a much biggeger produn an we woulordinaryrye able to. because we have a bigger cre a a bigg bududget, biggeger ory, a longer stotory, and thatat in if trains us s to be able t to nde gggger pjects. reporter: the germ-k-kenyafilm was co-produced by the company founded by german director tom tykwer to promote african filmmaking. tykwer says the spread of mobile internet and streaming services will eventually offer great new opportunities. tom: we need to really support that the market inside the

continent gets a better structure. people are actually ready to pay for watching a great film, especially if it's their own, if it's not that much money. and there are so many people. imagine, eveven if it's just 0 cents that you pay, but you have got 10% of east africa paying 10 cents to watch a movie, it's insanely economically useful. further afield. stycie: is that even a question? of course i want to go to hollywood. everyone wants to go to hollywood. host: we've seen them on athletes, on barbie dolls, and on the pages of muslim fashion bloggers. and now we have the hijab-wearing heavy metal band.

reportrt: this is not your typical hey y metal nd.. these young musicians in h hijs call themselves vob, short for voice ofofaceprot, or just noisy voic they're recording their first. this song g is called "s"school rerevolution" anand it means at to lead singer firdda kurnia fida: : wh i record this sgg sing it th allll've go e lyriricsre about how i g pick on at school,ecause i different, a n not aaid toto n many people inink i'weird,d,n ouidider. in this ngng i l those feelgsgs out. repopoer: the band members are 16ndnd 17 years olold. in indndonesia, manyny young wn this agege are alreadydy marr. but these ththree have a d difft agenda -- mamaking music..

wididii used to be really shsh. welli i still am. but i'i'm a lot morere confidt now. i can ay bass guguitar and thehe aren't't many peoplele my ageo can do t that. reportrter: firdda, , siti andi are exexcited. thethey're e going with t their assiststant d mananager to a m c festival in bali. firdda: very happy. li is a beautiful place, i inink. anand that will l be a great experiencece for us. reporterer: their risese to fas ke somomething from a hollywood film. the young musicians set up their band a at school in a a rural n three years s ago. now they're makingng tv apararances,ecorordingn albubum, beven jettingng to a gig inin i tfofor three daysys. it's a heaeady new world for thr younters from mblele ckgrounds. it's scary, and extiting.

firddada: very excitited. rertrter: atirstst the parenents wouldndn't allow them to make it's scarmusic. extiting. conservavative musliparerents n in heavy metal. but the e three friendnds didt gigive up. siti: mymy parents arere still worrrried. but by now t they realize e tt we're e successful.. thatat why they allowed me t o come on n this trip, a althoughy did tell me to be careful.l. widi: : my parents s said be d and don't forget to pray. rereporter: righght after landnn balili, it's off t to a sound c. ththe three teenenagers say ty need t to let off ststeam juste all l their counteterparts. music theheir way of shshowig they're different and d rebelli. firdda: we f found our sououln

avy metal l music. i'm falling in l love with heay metal music. widi: i am falling i in love wh funknky music. and funky isis my gender.. reporterer: at first t they cod songs wrwritteby oththerands, but t now they comompose theirn music.c. firdrdda: with ourur songs we t the brbroken school l syste, discriminatition, and ineqequa. ouour generationon cares about e subjecects. manyny of our frieiends escape through casual s sex and drug. we havave music. reporterer: on stage, , these e somewhat s shy teenagersrs tranm to rock anand roll profesessionals. ♪

the group want to be role models for other yoyoung women anand g. they say islam and heavy met can hanand--hand. firdda, widi and siti have see ti foror sigseeingng tay. they say r religion is p partf theieir identity, , but 's ivate. heavy metal is how ty y expres theieithoughts and their feelings. firdrdda: at first people saide heavrere just yingng to txpres attention. we got a lot of abe e on sial medidia and in reaeal life. they claimeded that we werere t aring our hijabs on stage, but t

we were jujust trying toto pro. reporter: ththis hostilityty it susurprising in n a country we conservative attitudes are grgrowing creaeasing commomon repamongsgst its mostlyly muslm susurppopulation..a country we some provivinces in the e couy now llow s strict shararia la. buththese three aren't igightened. firdda: those people don'trerep. they don't understand there. lam is not that angry. but osose peop arere so ud that people aroundhehe worldme ththat. but that's's not true. look at usus. reportrt: the young women are making c clear stemement -they n't be intimidated. they he e energy, d d theyave dreams. and wh m mighthose d dams be?

all: america. firdda: because most of our favovorite bands c come from amamerica. reporter: ththe three show tht hihijabs and heaeavy metal ara powerful combination. and for firdda, widi and siti, this is only the beginningng. host: have you enjoyed our reports today? would you like to find out more? check out our facebook page. itit's packed with moving and inspspiring stories, including many from international women's day on march 8. this week. but t we love heararing from yoo writite tos. by email t to global3000@dw.co, or on facebook. see you soon. bye for now. ♪ [captioning performed by the

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