and anne barnard, the new york times bureau chief in beirut, lebanon.his is democracy now, democracy now.org, the war and peace report. when we come back, we go to austin texas and look at a leave,e for paid sick the citizens trying to initiate it, and the koch brothers-backed group that is fighting it. stay with us. ♪ [music break] by pearls before swine's -- the bands founder died sunday at the age of 70. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we end today's show with an upcoming vote on mandated paid sick leave in austin, texas. this week marks 25 years since bill clinton signed the family and medical leave act which gave employees in the u.s. the right to unpaid time off to care for themselves and family members. a decade later, san francisco became the first city to approve paid sick leave. today, some 14 million workers in 32 municipalities and nine states have paid sick leave policies. amy: well on thursday, austin , city council members will vote on an ordinance that would make it the first city in the south to require paid sick leave from pr

are other areas where people just don't have somewhere to guno underg >> sreenivasan: all right, anne barnardof "the new york hames," joining us live via skype from beirut, you so much. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: the "me too" movement has given women in the u.s. and many western countries the courage to speak out and fight back against sexual misconduct, harassment and assault. but the movement has not reached everyone. in the muslim world, tan be dangerous consequences for wo."n who dare to say "me, t but even in the western european nation of deark, the option to speak out isn't necessarily available to muslim . social workers report that more young women are seeking protection from familieso tryingpose conservative religious values on them, and that these families are subjec but some muslim women there are offering up a different inrpretation of islam. special correspondent malcolm brabant reports from copenhagen. >> reporter: this commercial may t designed to sell "the dead washer," a book danish muslim author sara omar, but it also alludes to abuse she experienced or witnessed in the