Using the comedy central, the? U S is ranked body may in the world when it comes to gender equality. Forty nine hundred America gets so far behind. We have opened up the global gender gap report measures the disparity between men and women in terms of education, health, economic participation in political power. We can't be ranked this low again of American wants to catch. For the rest of the world, we're going to have to start coughing off some of their homework. So I said goodbye to my family and headed out to explore some of the countries we're getting gender equality right. I started in Iceland right number one in the world where I learned about paid parental leave. Hung out with an icelandic lady rooting. Next Namibia, I'm here in the thirteenth ranked country on the global gender gap report, Namibia, not to be confused with Zambia, which is northeast of here or namby I, which is not a place. Let's by now

Maybe is doing right. How could the usb so far behind a nation that was founded in nineteen? Ninety? Their country is only twenty nine years old you're not supposed to have your shit together into your thirty. We have a prime minister, so woman we have a woman who had deputy prime minister. We have many women ministers. We have mps who are women, lotta women up in the max we'd have competent. Not only there competent women make up forty four percent of their parliament met it, but then, in perspective in America. Women make up just twenty percent of Congress and Namibia.

Male mps aren't just taking seats, they're, taking a stand. The laws actually spoke about. Your dress should not be about your knee. Well, so it didn't say anything about your top, so I put on a sea through an outing into parliament as the second in command and as it is, this law is not passed by tomorrow. Outcomes stark naked, A few minutes later it was past sounded. Maybe I might not be ready to free the level, but women are getting. Shit died at number. Thirteen, he is beating us when it comes to women in representation. There No beating as it stands it is. Equal representation has had tangible effects. The different.

That women s brought is the highest chunk of our budget goes to health and education. We have pause the merry persons Equality ACT. We have passed the rape act we have passed. Domestic violence we have changed many laws, because, women have more endurance than men. Absolutely it'll pass one law like women can multiple laws just over and over not a truly understand how Namibia got here. You have to go back to nineteen nine progress when you maybe have broke free from South Africa became it's very own country this is the reason behind why we If women in parliament, because win doing I was dragged no women where but disappear.

So you're saying women were instrumental absolutely o women way in the friendly, I was on the front lines as well. My apartment Renault and my co op military military women near same same, but maybe it's different, because this was more o actually in the military. They were yet no that's different, yet ass, bad ass, namibian women fight side by side with men for their country's independence. But when the war ended, they didn't go back to the kitchen and they wanted to test out some recipes for equality, so they introduced. What policy ensuring equal representation we hear for animal called the zebra yes and its white stripes and black stripes the Congress of Democrats into use the zebra system, which is, if you put a mean face number you must be element. Is the zebra system woman man, woman man, but do actually sit there. We in parliament because seed, none that seems problematic, as you have man spreading so

man, woman man, woman No, it is not really an issue. You have all this space, but it sparing a space, it's about occupying the space. So it's not just about. Female representation in government. It's about occupying your span, taking charge of that space that you have given. Namibian women aren't arches occupying space there protecting it, because you know what else? friends! When you have women in government forty, Senator land is under conservation. It was like being in this You back home. Only the animals weren't sad how many animals What about this brings different species. Two thousand and twenty is in. We have three got pigeons rats, cockroaches piety, I felt inspired and moved by all the natural beauty around me. It was bid.

Sweet to learn all the things Namibia had than America. Doesn't our constitutions, his provision for the fundamental human rights? special leave that rights for women, So your country has equal rights protection than the constitution not know. We have that too, America. The equal rights amendment was first proposed in nineteen. Twenty one to give equal rights to all regardless of gender seems like a no brainer right, not exactly Congress, and and pass it until nineteen, seventy two and then it still needed to be ratified by thirty eight states, but has been met with resistance at every turn. To this day it still one state short of ratification. One that we're still working on it maybe you might be one of the youngest countries in the world, but they have equal rights for women from the start and their staff,

Female leaders have already inspired a whole new generation of policy students, but they are living it up like I did all six years the college. Instead there are focusing on something bigger. My role model was always the prime minister, but missed me hopeful that everyday happened. We can also happened. They happen compared to other nations, you guys are doing great. It is a good start, but we want young women in parliament. Yes, it is a good thing. There's a forty percent representation in parliament, but we want more smudges equality, reputation in key positions. Have you been here the whole time? but as we have a conversation about equality well when itself was absolutely the Ladys were. First We think it should slow down a little bit. It took America a hundred, and when eight years to get one congresswoman won the first of the better, the faster the better. You really are in college. It staff. For your part,

beds relates leave our love. This idea, starting your own party in college, I started a ton of parties, keg parties, toga parties, helping party he's Rachel Kaluza that one was for Rachel Journal Rachel here This is a political body. We looked majority, but these inspiring young nerds went the only namibian joining the conversation on gender equality. Dapper polonium bridgehead started the feminist pie cast heard not seen after realizing that none of their favourite podcast about women's issues focus on their part of the world. The whole point of feminism is trying to figure out what women need to of equal and fulfilling life. So it's not gonna be the same everywhere. It's just about being a bit more aware of different cultures and different reality. The constant threat drew These conversations we have is really thinking about approaching it from an intersection all framework. Looking at how race, please role. Looking at how cosplay Israel looking at how occasion traceable right, so the intersection

Man there's gonna run in the bathroom real, quick, SIRI, Google Intersection Aladdin. Why are we talking about a go right in section reality I believe Turn was coined by legal scholar, Kimberly Crenshaw in an essay that asserts that Anti discrimination, law, feminists theory and antiracist politics fails because they each focus on you know of a single factor. You did Google, it uses some of the principles we're trying to get through with our conversations like this idea of burning your broad, because it's a symbol of patriarchy like constrained super great, but in for some people like you, only have the one brought needed, senior saying, lad. Different people from different parts of the world have different ways of expressing their funny. It's good to know what people are actually experiencing. I would carry and doubtless words with me back to America, along with the baby rhino, I disguised as an emotional support dog,

maybe a has so much to celebrate. Relations and women who fought for their space and occupy the shit out of they know that listening to others is just as important as making yourself do. You think you can be Prime Minister, wonder, pursue I do to you president, one day, why do you have Prime minister, and a president. A weak point is you can be both not at the same time so weird and all of my hard work at us, and where am I going to watch jazzy lightish abroad on the comedy, central and watch the daily a week night at eleven O clock comedy central? This has been a traveller central park. Jest