Another world: life in 1953; life in developing countries. From India to the Philippines, to Cameroon and then to Nigeria as development aid worker. But not enough of this experience, listen to the words of a Dutch woman, born in Indonisia, aged 80, who worked also 30 years as a mayor in Albrandswaard, Holland. „I would do it again. I had a rich life“. © Schuhfried

Music: The music was composed especially for this story by the award winning musicians Niklas Chroust and Tobias Antonic. A big thank you from radioCORE for this great composition which gives the words of the storyteller the special touch. Visit: https://niklaschroust.com

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On the 3rd of August 2014, the day of a Yazidis’ feast, ISIS killer attacked Shingal a city in northern Iraq. On that day a young Yazidi woman lost everything. Today she finds her strengh by seeing a smile on the face of Yazidi girls and women who she helped to overcome the ISIS horror. © Schuhfried.

Special thanks to the NGO Wadi (https://wadi-online.org/) for the support. Since 25 years Wadi is supporting various projects to empower women and youth in the Middle East.

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Forced to marriage by her parents at the age of 19. Just two days after the marriage all the problems with the husband started. Now the young Indian woman from New Delhi is separated from him, but still not legally divorced. She wants her life and her freedom back. How could all this happen? Listen what she has to say about it. © Schuhfried

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After the assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984 by two of her Sikh bodyguards anti-Sikh riots erupted in  New Delhi. Armed mobs entered Sikh neighbourhoods, killing Sikhs indiscriminately and destroying their shops and houses. They lynched Sikhs, burnt them alive, Sikh women were gang-raped. Listen to a Sikh man who tells us how he experienced these days as a boy at the age of 14 in 1984 © Schuhfried

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Years ago a woman from the Netherlands signed a declaration for euthanasia (German: Euthanasie) in order to be able to influence her end-of-life situation. She specified the criteria under which she wished her life to be ended. At the age of 85 and suffering from dementia these criteria seem to be fulfilled. The woman cannot express her will clearly anymore. It is up to her son to decide what to do. Is his mother suffering so much that her life should be ended? Is what she stated years ago as theory, still valid today when the situation became real? In this podcast he shares his thoughts on this situation. © Schuhfried

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A woman reflects on the time with her partner together before she died because of cancer three years ago. She remembers the last years and days together. About the last moments before euthanasia ended the life of the partner. She explains why the partner wanted a controlled and timed end of her life. How they felt when the final act came nearer and nearer and finally should be conducted. She shares her experience as a widow shortly after the death, but also in the years afterwards and how she and her life changed. Her thankfulness for the good times they had together. © Schuhfried; Mixing&Mastering: Lampl

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