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Business Weekly: Belarus: Which way now?

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22/08/2020 GMT

Belarus: Which way now?

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Plus how women have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

Protests have continued in the former Soviet nation of Belarus this week and workers are starting to strike. How will the struggle for reform play out and what does it mean for the economy? We hear from businesses there trying to plan for the future. We also hear how women have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Some analysts say the fight for gender equality has been put back 50 years. In Beirut, business owners are trying to recover after the explosion which tore through their city. They tell us their stories. Plus, how does a socially distanced concert work? We hear from the organisers of the first of these new type of gigs in the UK. Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton.

(Image: Protests in Minsk, Belarus, on 14 August 2020. Credit: Reuters/Fedosenko)

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