we'll hear from award—winning actress and activist nazanin boniadi on what's next for iran's women—ledsts. and iranian female djs use music to defy the islamic republic. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri and welcome to our bbc news special programme on international women's day. i'm standing in front of the millicent fawcett statue, here in parliament square. she was a suffragist in the 20th century, protesting to secure the right to vote for women. it's by the artist gillian wearing and it was made after a campaign by a feminist writer, caroline criado perez, who wanted to see a woman's statue here in the square. now, of course, what we're about to look at for the next half hour are just some of the issues affecting women today. there's plenty more coverage from the uk and around the world on the bbc news website and app. so let's begin with ukraine. and after more than two years of war in ukraine, the un says more than 8 million women and girls will need humanitarian assistance this year. yet they're vital to ukraine's economy. these pictures are of women training should they be called to wa