A handle on it and proving there is potential in waste. Climate change affects everyone regardless of gender yet women are the main losers when it comes to its effects. d d 70 percent of all People Living below the poverty line on women and the poor are hardest hit by droughts extreme weather and bad harvests. When Drinking Water supplies run dry its typically women and girls who have to walk long distances to fetch water and that means missing work or school. When harvests of bad men are usually the ones to leave home to look for work elsewhere leaving their families behind in some places when theres not enough food to go around its not uncommon to exchange a daughter for some livestock but does all this mean that women are powerless no in the gambia we met a woman. Helping both the environment and the many women around. Walking woman is so enjoyable because to be one is woman when ever they are committed to committed and in any development in the world one woman gave only 20 percent of the gavel in anything and they live a simple fact you know for stability. These are 2 cs i has been called the gambians queen of Plastic Recycling before you get firewood to be did not accommodate if you have to walk maybe one on a half to 2 kilometers before you get to the forest or half maybe 10 stick that you can use for one meal you know its to give up your time the real for people get out and get access to the chapel what with this one is the absence wherever you are importantly. If you dont have a record these are true is the founder of the ngo Womens Initiative the gambia its found a way to produce fuel brick hurts from the shells of peanuts or ground nuts from. The 2nd groundnuts or the gambia as main cash crop and export product left to decay the shells produce c. O. Too and methane so 1st theyre crushed then slowly burned. Who knows it them well. Were here for our families we come every morning to this place to earn as much as we can for them. It allows us to pay the school fees and School Materials when i get up in the morning at 6 to come here and there are up to 500 other women here. Their families wouldnt survive without this job. The good group he was in was able to look at me with those that are. One of africas small most countries that gambia is drowning and garbage to stop them reason plastic or using very difficult because to be in there you know kind of a Development War everybody go to the supermarket and buy things i mean we believe that its a resource that we can use and then point it into something for that one people. Who come with us and how do you do it is just about trying when people thinking about problems when you think youve got brains behind think about films. That are landfill near c size village these women are collecting discarded glass plastic and leftover fabric dumped by local seamstresses if you know what to look for there are rich pickings to be had. Moran says high as one of these or twos 1st partners she remembers that there was some initial skepticism about the project and the idea of women gaining financial independence. When i started in 1907 my family thought i was crazy. As a young married woman i was expected to get up in the morning and cook food for my husband in the kitchen but my family and my husband had to watch me heading off to the dumping ground they told me i wasnt a good wife they expected me to be home with my husband. They had no idea what i was up to a book about better than google. At this time of year theres not much growing and the Central River region its over 40 degrees celsius and the rains wont come for another 6 months but people still need to earn a living. Get what they get back to the man of the community and i never blamed him for that because thats an issue and thats the question that were living in what i already said culture is also the idea one who. Is about the situation that we are living and what feels a man needing is not a problem when women also today they have a right to eat because they are contributing. None of the recycling center in the village of and you know where is that we see zajac comes from was the 1st and the gambia she employed just 5 women to begin with they would collect and clean up old plastic bags and then read them into new ones today up to 20000 people across the country work with or for her and geo. They produce briquettes soap bags jewelry and toys some of the best selling items are purses made from reclaimed plastic. And. Im going through them paul before he said to came along all we knew how to do was cook. Now we have skills that allow us to earn our own money. Village banks look after the money earned by the womens groups around the country so it does not disappear into their household spending. We want to empower them to want to clean them on economic how little that they have so when david is from the fields of deposit if you just 100. 00 you have to sit back and tell us how much you want to do you want to whatever happen you have to put some money into here because we are planning for tomorrow. When you said to seaside was growing up this area was covered with mahogany and acacia trees. Deforestation and Climate Change have transformed the landscape into an arid step. We have to. The woman be able to do for us please for cooking. For decided. That is why we. Like. Any. One at a time. Funded by donations the Womens Initiative also started a project called the forest the future. Water from a well irrigates the newly planted seedlings. Along with indigenous trees like mahogany the women are growing mango and coconut trees the suppling source still in the tree nursery but will eventually be distributed across the country. You want to make a change. Be 100 percent sure that it will never be overnight and then you have to have an expectation that it is one that People Living within your area 75. 00 but that was. That before you left everybody tried to make sure that whatever you are. I needed help. Striving for equality inspiring others on our Facebook Channel d. W. Women youll find stories about women who are helping others lead selfdetermined lives. D. W. Women gives a voice to the women of our world. I was ashamed. I was told i was dirty. I thought i might bleed to death. For a lot of young women the 1st menstruation is a frightening experience and in many societies prejudice and alienation make matters worse in some countries around half of all girls school when theyre having their period and expensive sanitary products and poor hygiene conditions mean its common for women not to work when menstruating either which has a Financial Impact on earnings sometimes menstruation even threatens livelihoods and women turn to drastic measures to stop it. Is a sugarcane harvester shes only 34. 00 but already shes physically barely able to perform the work. 8 years ago she had a hysterectomy to stop or periods she couldnt afford to miss a day or 2 of work whenever she was menstruating but the surgery left her with Serious Health problems. How would that but im in constant pain i have to take medication every day my whole body hurts my back my head my legs everything hurts. Fieldworkers in india earn very little and none as little as the cane cutters in harvest season they work every day for 6 months running and make the equivalent of just 700. 00 euros in total they have to work hard because the land owners bank on 3 harvests profiled percys and thought if women stay home when their menstruating the contractors who hired them make them pay a penalty. 3 of these cane cutters have had hysterectomies to make sure that they could work as much as possible. But i left when i still got my period thered be 4 days a month when i couldnt work 10 euros would be taken off my wage every day in the long term that was more than i could afford. No. Koran lives in a village in rural central india where few women are educated over 10 percent of the women here have had their uterus removed in neighboring villages the figure is closer to 50 percent hygiene is bad a doctor advised her to have the hysterectomy to reduce the risk of infection but he didnt mention the potential side effects which range from hormonal fluctuations to osteoporosis. He told me i would suffer less i had my uterus removed because i thought it would make everything better but in the last 7 or 8 years ive been in constant pain. Never went to school she was married at 14 and had her 1st child at 16 but. Its a shock is her 2nd son he began working when he was 13 and hes 16 now. Osha went into debt to pay for her surgery basically the doctor who performed the operation and her boss have both benefited from her decision but its brought her nothing but suffering with them and the operation cost 700 euros i didnt have that kind of money my boss gave me an advance to pay for it and i had to pay it off he made me pay interest. 3 percent a month i was paying it off for 3 years you dont get. A few kilometers away in the nearest town where meeting the head of the cane cutter contractors he also runs a small office for financial services. He tells us that he has around 300000 came cutters under contract across the state he also says he advises women not to undergo the surgery. But that some contractors may have a different view. But its possible that some of them forced the women into it i cant comment on that but even so im sure its only a few. And i thought i might add that the layout of. The sugar industry is a bedrock of the maharashtra economy employing nearly 25000000. 00 people producers pay some 250000000. 00 euros in tax every year thats why the authorities have little interest in looking into the high rate of hysterectomies among sugarcane cutters and Investigative Committee was set up but was soon disbanded. In front of. Their complaint in front of me. In front. Of it so. Somebody. Complains. That statement angers womens rights activist money should talk lee who is part of the Investigative Committee last year the Public Health department revealed that 84000 hysterectomies use were performed in one district alone but the report was simply filed away. But the got it when get by says that in news it local authorities have the information they were taken aback by the shocked response and now they want to cover it up. If suddenly the number fell to 13000 cases and now supposedly its just 1300 that has. Quoted as a woody. Khurana doesnt expect the state to do anything about her plight she hopes that when her son marries hell tell his wife not to have a hysterectomy and she says that if she knew then what she knows now shed never of had the operation. They break gender barriers in sports give unsung heroine a voice. And help others become more independent as one part in our impact series we meet entrepreneurs human rights activists and bloggers fighting injustice and to be loose in their society. People making an impact people making a difference. With no parents or be no humans on the planet why is this add to. Because we have culture and we have culture that have for whatever reason taught us that this is an embarrassing part of life which is strange because theres one of the most miraculous pieces of our biology. Course a map to help women facing understand what is going on in their body in contract when your period is there you can track pains and mood swings and sexual to this and many other things that are all scientifically related to the cycle and then what you get back is projections we can see whats coming up the next couple of days you can start seeing correlations across the news cycles and thats a lot of the financial education. Really this that when women king men well when their biology they can have a strong the worst in the world and they think the world needs to hear many different types of voices. I grew up travelling on motorcycles around the world with my parents and my older brother since i was an ensign so ive seen a lot of the world and seen many womens lives in many different settings so since really good thing in the sense that until women have control over their own bodies and their own childbearing its really difficult to start having a good developmental cycle so i want us in the world. One thing that we are proud to do with the news when they use this data is to do the scientific work so with carefully selected Research Institutions we do science work and from our hearts with the aim to advance the knowledge around from our house so that we can get this knowledge also back to the people who tracked the data. And knowledge in itself is of course not gender you know a car is a car a spacecraft it is a space rocket but it is really just saying there is a group of technologies that addressing needs that women have specifically because we have a specific body that is different so that a male. Female hose is still not talked about enough its under research its also under funded with a lot of work to be done to really have a world where people can talk freely about those us they can talk about their headaches. You can lose my. Music connects us it doesnt differentiate between where people come from or what gender they are its a language thats understood across the globe almost every child around the world longs to learn an instrument because making music dump saying and singing dont just tap into our emotions they can unleash our deepest potential. Those. The last few minutes before the performance begins when stage fright is at its most intense when the audience is waiting expectantly thats the part that rosie enjoys most its the culmination of a journey one that was anything but easy. But i mean for me some music saved me i used to have terrible family problems for me at. The. 4 tourists via the bravo is a lovely place to spend a relaxing vacation but in the mountainous hinterland most People Struggle to make ends meet. Rosies mother earns a few pesos selling tomatoes door to door. And i. Love that rosie grew up in abject poverty. Her family still cant afford a modern stove. Everybody is going to last and it will sister one up our financial situation is difficult and my parents just dont have any money they have nothing in. The family has been through some dark times rosies father is a recovering alcoholic hed come home from work drunk angry and with empty pockets. Jungle in me my mother would cry my children would cry papa stay with us but i just got off drinking again its all its all. Roses mother was determined her children would have more opportunities than she had she signed them up for a new orchestra project offering disadvantaged Children FreeMusic Lessons it was a decision that would change their lives. The orchestras musical director is crustal elias hes not interested in working with professional musicians chasing fame and fortune you want to move the ball girl select their students carefully they want the best in the world i dont care about the best kids im interested in all kids. The philharmonia via santa is an orchestra financed by donations its specifically for children from poor backgrounds who cant afford Music Lessons let alone instruments what they do have isnt those eos them. As members of an orchestra theyre learning more than just how to play their instrument theyre learning about Creativity Team spirit and responsibility. The idea is to make the learning music fun theres no pressure the students even get to conduct and have a turn being in charge it boosts their confidence for rosie the orchestra was a lifesaver. This is a bit i dont see that and im so grateful to have discovered music it lifted me out of the misery and loneliness i felt as music is my whole life now i mean. If. I thought oh saudi oh feels like hes found a family so what fun and im an orphan. This is my family really i love it but. If i didnt have this then i would really be badly off that. Theres no mistaking his commitment on foot orchestra practice is 2 hours away from where he lives. I have also passes on what hes learnt to other children in his village. It was but i mean. His name sharing what i can do with others is what drives me. You must get my village bands over music. And that really means a lot to me. Rosie now studies music at a university a long way from home. She takes piano and saxophone classes. Its a demanding program. Slow down youre rushing youre nervous concentrated. But rosie knows she cant take anything for granted accommodation food going to university costs money the university supports rosie as much as it can shes clearly a gifted student the feel armani of my son are trained her well its an excellent. Shes an excellent student 1st class were doing everything in our power to make sure she can carry on. Some of the hero get i mean if someone asked me if i wanted a different life i would say no im proud of who i am so you know i had to grow up fast. And the best part is that when i began with music my father told me he would quit drinking and win back his family. And thats what he did rosies father no longer drinks and he works as a technician with the orchestra. Today is a special day for the Young Musicians they are performing invited but all of us main square. This is so important its a milestone for the confidence for all of you out here. Rosey is proud to be here. When performing the orchestra gets to bask in the glory of everything its achieved. Its when the underprivileged Young Musicians realize that their accomplishments are an enrichment not just of their own lives but every once. Was. Thats all from us a global 3000 this time were back next week of course with more stories from around the planet in the meantime dont forget to write to us let us know what you enjoyed about the program and what youd like to learn more about you can reach us at global 3000 at d. S. W. Dot com and of course do check out our Facebook Page the women see you next time take cat. 8 hes lived with Death Threats for 30 years. He was forced into hiding and survived countless attacks but hes not afraid anymore. The great writer speaks about using humor as a weapon. And the power of the. Soundman rush to. 15 minutes on t w. Being was forced into a nameless mass. Their bodies near to. The history of the slave trade is africas history. Just. For our entropic homage in an entire continent into chaos and. Islands going to this is the journey back into the stream of slavery place i think will truly be making progress when we all accept the history of slavery as all of our history play our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on t. W. Grappling with some tricks. Expressing feelings i am not very creative yet but i would like to be considered an artist mandate looking for new perspectives real doors and not really replace it with the camera doing things differently. Come to the place where we reflect on society on the 1st come on g. W. In the. Climate change place. Perfidious of. The few. Months or so people claim what ideas do they have of their future. G. W. Dotcoms African Legacy to the meeting to get a. Clear answer. Place. Blame blame blame blame. Blame for this is the w. News live from berlin the uncertainty deepening at the great Turkish Border thousands of margaret and some refugees are hoping to enter. The European Union there are running out of options though after ongar of the ploy special forces to prevent greek police from pushing them back into turkey also on the show. Turkey and russia agreed to a ceasefire for syrias itll have problems calm is being reported in the region for a government offensive has displaced some 1000000 people