freedom of women then i will be the 1st woman to stand against them armed with a needle and courage soraya shahidi is trying to redraw social rules in a modern afghanistan. they're standing in her studio in south korea's 1st main thing. as you have again south korea's 1st main female news anchor in a country with the world's largest economy it's taken 7 decades for a veteran journalist like lease or jong to be promoted to the main news anchor's role it's a landmark development in a traditional and conservative society and it's making headline news. stepping into the spotlight and pushing through the glass ceiling besides breaking news journalist lisa g. only is also breaking boundaries becoming south korea's 1st ever female main news anchor so the country is transformed itself into a modern economic powerhouse culturally it's still often a man's world. so you don't want to go there at all you know traditionally the main news anchor would be an older experienced man and beside him there would be a young female announcer who is pretty like a flower. and stars are just you know. lee is no newcomer to

with every customer soraya shahidi takes a huge risk afghanistan's 1st female tattoo artist has faced death threats because of hard job. but she refuses to let the intimidation stop prologue of drawing on people skin. my ex waiting to to use is my profession and it's a profession i love it doesn't matter if my client is male or female i'll do tattoos for them. for afghanistan's mostly conservative society our profession is a red flag men and women aren't supposed to even touch each other unless they're related on marriage and strict moved limbs consider tattoos a new under islamic law. you go to a court answering his vain and forbid it doesn't make young people any more attractive it just brings them disgrace it has no benefit whatsoever for the. male to 2 artists toothpastes rights. they have even threatened beat me with burn my shot him and i told them that is fine. with them burn my shop do whatever you can. just because of threats i won't flee from my country. it is my homeland. is just as defiant she sees her art as a way to challenge afghanistan's social order one to a time she'

armed with a needle and courage soraya shahidi is trying to redraw social rules in a mall. afghanistan. following a record breaking world cup in france last year women's soccer is massively on the rise funding and crowds are growing in countries like england but others like germany still have room for improvement. women's football is experiencing a boom like never before the world cup in france or recalled $1000000000.00 viewers tune in and crowds averaged almost $22000.00 per match and the momentum hasn't stopped. a friendly match between england and germany in november seoul 77000 fans packing to london's wembley stadium a record for a women's football match. i think it could be in the record attendance and of any women's but we're game never is a massive precedent to set i think now we've had this one really and we've seen other parents and i play that goes down to the league and we see women in the women's game continued to grow. england's women's super league is also leading the way on the domestic scene there are now 12 fully professional clubs and crowd averages have