The 51%

Jan 31 2025 24 ep. 12 mins 100

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A program about women who are reshaping our world. Join us every Friday at 4:15pm Paris time and check out our Facebook page: FRANCE24.51percent.

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Grieving Brazilian mothers urge end to gun violence

Jan 31 2025 11 mins

In this edition, how amid grief comes strength. Mothers in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro who lost their children due to gang violence, form a support network which also fights for justice. Also South Africa has one of the highest rates of femicide in the world yet despite this, half of the safe houses for domestic violence survivors in Cape Town, are facing closure. Plus we

Taking on the Taliban: The need to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan

Jan 24 2025 14 mins

In a special edition, we focus on how Afghanistan under the Taliban, has literally become hell on earth for women and girls. Annette Young meets Fawzia Koofi, a women's rights activist and a former member of the Afghan parliament who has also survived several assassination attempts. The two talk about the need for international efforts to end gender apartheid and the role of intern

Trump 2.0 and women's rights: What is at stake this time around?

Jan 17 2025 11 mins

With Donald Trump re-entering the White House, what will it mean for American women this time around? Annette Young talks to Carter Sherman, the reproductive health reporter for the Guardian US. Also the gender divide in South Korea is becoming all the more evident during this latest political crisis over the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol; with young men protesting against his

'The Resilience Myth': Looking at new ways to cope with trauma

Jan 10 2025 12 mins

Annette Young talks to American feminist writer, Soraya Chemaly, about her latest book, 'The Resilience Myth,' which questions the way we cope with trauma in our lives. Also how the fight against sexism and misogyny online has just got that much tougher due to Meta's decision to drop fact-checkers from Facebook and Instagram. Plus how women scientists in the Democratic Republic of

Why we need to fight for girls' rights

Jan 03 2025 10 mins

For the first show of 2025, we focus on that often-forgotten issue; girls' rights. Our team in Pakistan report on how climate change is resulting in a rise of child marriage in the country. Also we head to Senegal where the case of a nine-year-old girl, pregnant as a result of being raped by her Koran teacher, has sparked outrage particularly from human rights groups. Plus Annette

How will women fare in a new Syria?

Dec 13 2024 13 mins

While Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad, concern is expressed over the need to protect women's rights in a country decimated by decades of cruel dictatorship. With Donald Trump heading back to the White House, what will it mean for women across the world particularly those reliant on US aid in the field of reproductive rights. Annette Young talks to journalist, Neha Wad

The women who rebuilt and restored Notre Dame

Dec 06 2024 10 mins

As Paris celebrates the reopening of Notre Dame more than five years after it was destroyed by fire; Annette Young meets some of the women who have restored or rebuilt the historic cathedral. They talk of the challenges of bringing the 900-year-old building back to life as hundreds of skilled artisans from around the globe worked furiously to meet the December 2024 deadline. But al

How to carry out a visual detox: Ways to sharpen our visual critical thinking

Nov 29 2024 12 mins

With the advent of social media, our brains are receiving a constant stream of images. So how can we undergo a visual detox? Annette Young speaks to Marine Tanguy who has written a book on how to do just that. Also as we face a global epidemic of domestic violence, a novel approach in southern Italy offers survivors the opportunity to rebuild their lives by providing training and a

The Pelicot case: Will it change French attitudes towards rape?

Nov 22 2024 12 mins

In this special edition, Annette Young heads to Avignon as the Pelicot case enters its closing stages. For nearly a decade, Gisèle Pelicot was regularly drugged by her husband and offered up to strangers for sex. Now seen as the most notorious rape trial ever to be held in this country, we meet the local women who offer their support to the 72-year-old grandmother by decorating Av

Widespread rape in Sudan's civil war: Women and girls targeted by paramilitary

Nov 15 2024 12 mins

A spike in violence in Sudan's civil war sees a rise in the number of women and girls being raped by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the east of the country. Also what happens when men outnumber women in some cases as high as 25 percent in parts of eastern Germany, where young women have left for better opportunities elsewhere and how the far right stands to benefit. Plus taki