About how. These women in new delhi demonstrating against discrimination and Sexual Violence. The. Philippine president Marjorie Go To Temp table with a bunch of protests in manila activists that branding him a much a fascist for his treatment of women. To have a leader of the Country Leave in this manner that says that somehow here early on by women sexy as they call it might be to use that not much new stuff and its not how we remember what see when were not people i mean that discrimination against women you know so we can deal with that right thats the only way there is to go. That route so taken up in pakistan to violence against women the focus here will be mob today and i said they all resistance to all that you know seeing that is
a lot to get it appeared after the french Finance Minister apparently grabbed a Journalist Underwear her underwear when she bent down to retrieve a pen and later we saw. Or out your pig it pointed the finger right back at the harassers and in summer of twenty seventeen in india a woman was chased on her way home a politician said it was her own fault she was roaming the streets late at night the result the hash tag No Cinderella and months later of course women came forward with tales of decades of abuse at the Hands Of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein me too went viral after Actress Alyssa Milano asked women to help highlight the magnitude of the problem and it has of course been followed up by times up used to tell the world things have got to change. Now one of the first women to come forward and accuse Harvey Weinstein was asia argento an italian actor model
implications as well negative for so the fact that more people are listening and more people are speaking out is definitely something incredible powerful and important but at the same time it just shows that for so many years indicates women have tried to speak out but the mechanisms of oppression of silencing women so effective that no woman went to her and they were not believed in extent as we know so they did have a voice they didnt have a platform. Gloria you have also referred to that you in fact in you signed this letter saying that the movement has simply gone too far can you explain that rationale and what do you think the risk is well and first of all i mean now it took on an international basis i signed a letter which came from the Friends Situation in france is it me to movement was
called launch you a peek and i just couldnt i mean yes it was horrible i mean if it means that you mean you a pig is is that all men are not peace and. Is well i mean im against the sort of the war in between women and men or whatever six it means i mean we should be careful not to condemn everybody and not to victimize too much right guys im ok that was the movement its ok i mean no problem and its a well done seeing but as an artist is well i have some problems for i mean nowadays i mean you couldnt show a painting of cool big the origin of the world anymore you could i mean now you kick taking down a museums a painting of but whos been now and. Is going to let me not have ever i had
a host of other issues but if we can just stick to the the one specifically of Sexual Harassment and i think what im hearing from what youre saying is you know youre highlighting the fact that people are accused perhaps without due process and christine id like to get your thought on that. How can you have a system where women can voice concerns ken ken as. Horrible things that have happened to them in many cases while also having this to process because what were seeing now here is you know many men have have been dismissed from their jobs simply because they have been accused. So first of all ron the. Problem that people keep saying that we have a problem with false accusations that is one of those tactics to. To. To stop the focus on the real issue here because those are false accusations on this topic that just as low as high as we have with other crimes and this is the
statistics so i guess im kind of tired of these conversations because were having a system we have we have a problem of Powa Structures and we have to understand how it works and how it Impacts Society we have to look at how society has been built and who has filtered and with what mechanisms and for example the Justice System is part of germany we paint a lot and we did lots of activists with all the law and Sexual Violence in germany and rape was changed two years ago but theres still so many flaws in so many parts of society and the fact that if you look at the figures its only a very tiny seeing addicted to. Actually get prosecuted in germany and thats not acceptable so theres still so much work to be done as youre highlighting there and gloria id like to ask you you know you highlighted what you think are some of the problems specifically with with the french movement
and im wondering what you think should be done to improve power and balance generally speaking on the basis of gender. Well first of all i mean im against rape and all violence against women thats true i mean ones issues people persecuted by the Political Institutions and say look thats for clear but i mean remember Simone De Beauvoir She told us i mean like in america where all started i mean its sure there is a more public and white. Impression of men and women being against one of each as a i mean theres a graze on somehow you know which i mean when you when you go into sexual relationships its very complicated you know it what time something starts against the woman or floor woman and then women are as well sometimes aggressive. Trying to
get to men i mean so you know i mean that some saying we should always take care of and not try to be to get on in war i mean what i want to is i think we should try to be have a friendship with men be kind to each other and this is a its because i mean its a problem of education right right so you say its a problem education some people would say that there has heretofore been very little recourse for women who feel that that has crossed the line and fast and i want to thank you so much to both of you this evening for sharing these views its important to have these conversations as much as we might disagree Laurie Friedman a sculptor who signed this controversial letter as we mentioned from actress Catherine Deneuve criticizing the me to movement and also joining us here on the set we had christina lets fact cofounder of the center for feminist Foreign Policy we appreciate it. Now which country can dance
away with the prize for womens equality could it be perhaps germany we have a quiz that might make you think twice keep it here. To syria now where an aid convoy bound for the besieged rebel held on klav of eastern has been postponed as fighting in the area intensifies Syrian Government forces have seized half of the territory held by rebels in the Damascus Suburbs the last Opposition Stronghold close to the capital around Four Hundred Thousand people are believed to be trapped in the area the u. N. Has urged all parties to abide by a cease fire in order to deliver aid and evacuate the wounded. But just as one convoy is blocked a different kind of convoy has reached its destination in the region a convoy of women from All Over The World has rallied in the city of
a tie on the Turkey Syria Border to raise awareness of the plight of syria and women the international convoy has converged on that city after a two day journey from istanbul they are calling for the release of more than six and a half thousand women being held in prison after seven years of civil war. And for more were joined now by Seward Dermis Human Rights lawyer and a spokesperson for the convoy of conscious that is known there in turkey thank you so much for joining us to tell us a little bit more about this initiative if you can just fill us in on what youre hoping to achieve here. Thanks for having me on your program well as the convoy of conscience got a group of Women Thousands of women across the world from all walks of life and you want to highlight the plight of syrian women who have been raped tortured and socially brutalized in Regime Prisons or Fishel Prisons and secret prisons along
across syria so after day after its read a stern new study from istanbul and anding in International Womens day we are urging International Community to take effective measures and to protect human. Everywhere in the world and in syria we would love to hear some of their stories and why you think they might have been in present. Well first of all you know that this is a human issue and human have been the biggest victims of the war throughout history they have been prison because they have women because right now assads regime is using this woman as a victim. The assad regime is using the rape as a weapon of war against this woman and we have seen this in was nia in europe and i was inspired by a woman by russ sima she is a haas five from bosnia she is sixty two years old and she has come all this way
from bosnia to join this three days convoy to show that she is in solidarity with her sisters in syria because she knows whats happening right now in syria whats happening with over Seven Thousand human in syria and in fact we know that the group the mothers from seventy eights have also traveled on this convoy to to show solidarity i imagine from what youre saying there that she was part of that group it was all host of women in fact in your view do we hear and off about the plight of women in the syrian conflict and if not why do you think that is excuse me can you repeat the question please do you think that there is enough awareness about what is happening to women within syria at the moment and if there isnt enough awareness why do you think that is. There is the fact that
since the Syrian Civil War began in Two Thousand And Eleven human have been imprisoned human have been tortured six chill while and it has been used against them and they have been cured to it they have been made refugees and i t. Be able to leave that the time is now stop this heavy in syria the time is not for a take this room and it is international rumors they and the time is not raise a very nervous stop this happening show our solidarity with the Seven Thousand human in syrian prisons so adamas arabic now you can stop it everybody else. We thank you so much for telling us a little bit more as we mentioned you are the Spokes Person for the convoy of the conscious we appreciate it. Now to a political shake up here in germany the country is to get a new Foreign Minister after one of germanys most recognized politicians and
popular ones said he would not be part of chancellor Angela Merkels new Coalition Government and Foreign Ministers ignore gabriele is leaving amid rumors of a bitter old brow with the leaders of his own social democratic party. And for more lets bring in our Political Correspondent kate brady who joins us from our parliamentary studios to put all of this into perspective for us because kate i mean this is a pretty big deal in german politics is it isnt it what will it mean for poor Foreign Policy do you think. Well of course any personnel changes always going to have an effect on how people deal with with the foot with the Foreign Minister and of course remember Sigma Gabriele always had a very direct approach and so be interesting to see how his successor works with his counterparts of broad and but of course germany has some challenging times ahead when it comes to the Foreign Ministry and in Foreign Policy in germany of course is growing pressure in europe for germany to take the lead with france with
these projected e. U. Reforms but also outside of europe theres also mounting pressure for belen to take a stronger stands for example on the syria conflict or in dealing with donald trump so that other countries really know web billon stems so lets talk a little bit about what you know how that policy could potentially shift because who is his likely successor i mean its International Womens day for example are we going to get a woman. Well if youd asked me a few hours ago so id have said that that would have still been a possibility but what weve heard the latest here is that it will in fact be haiku mosse who is currently the German Justice minister now hes been the Justice Minister for the last four years during this last Merkel Grand Coalition so close he doesnt have any experience in the Foreign Ministry so be interesting to see what personality what traits and what style he can bring to this job but of course
he is one of the big hopes in the s. P. D. So well have to see over this next term if first of all if this is confirmed tomorrow in the s. P. D. Ministry list and then of course how he then acts as a German Foreign minister just generally speaking do the s. P. D. Have its house in order because i mean you know they are going to be the Coalition Partners here this Incoming Coalition has been quite a road to get a German Government are things finally settled is the wrangling over well it does seem at least that they have quite a clear agenda at the moment so the s. P. D. In that grand Coalition Deal was allocated six ministerial positions and we already know that three of them will be given to women so this process of renewal is already starting with younger and more feminine faces. Brady in our parliamentary studios thank you. And
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