http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8792052
Recently the World Bank has released a “Gender Action Plain” in order to mobilize women economically with the assumption that women promote growth in the economy. By oppressing and discriminating against women, nations’ are limiting their human resources to only half the population, which is simply “bad economics”. According to the article, women are more fiscally responsible and fair. When men are in charge of the finances, they are more likely to distribute the money unequally between male and female children and not properly supporting the females. They are also more likely to spend a greater amount of the money on tobacco or alcohol than women are. It’s a commonly known fact that when it comes to decision making, women are always more thoughtful and rational than men. Liberating women is not only good for humanity and the environment but also the economy.
3 comments:
I love "The Economist" - they're a British magazine, so they don't care if they tick off a lot of US customers. :)
Very interesting article - one I'm going to save for Women's Studies, too. Interesting points on distribution of wealth within a family. The really great thing about "The Economist" is that they are not US-centric, so they look at many, many countries in their articles.
How is liberating women good for the environment? Just curious. My environmentalists in this class... :)
KM
Interesting story and idea, but I feel like the task of liberating women in foreign countries will be a tedious task. One roadblock I still foresee though, is how women will still be able to mobilize themselves in societies where they do not have as much power, and women's rights are not as highly regarded as in the U.S.
this is totally a guess, but i think by "environment" mary means the "environment of society"? does that make sense? i know what i'm trying to say...
i agree with raveen that half the battle will be getting women to believe that they can have the same rights as men, i think many of them will be afraid of what the men in their societies can legally do to them if they stand up for themselves. however, women's rghts were not always highly regarded here, and we have come a far way, so i think there's definitely hope.
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