Listen to the ladies


Women open the gates to prosperity and greater health
Oh my.

Nice to have some of one's deepest held beliefs validated. Actually nice doesn't begin to cover it. Let's start with incredibly satisfying.

Not only are women important, but it's vital to listen to them. Emphasis added.

The UN children's agency, Unicef, found that where women are excluded from family decisions, children are more likely to be under-nourished.

There would be 13m fewer malnourished children in South Asia if women had an equal say in the family, Unicef said.

Unicef surveyed family decision-making in 30 countries around the world.

Their chief finding is that equality between men and women is essential to lowering poverty and improving health, especially of children, in developing countries.

The conclusions are contained in the agency's State of the World's Children 2007 report.

I knew my first strong woman from before I was born, I have never held that one sex is "weaker" than the other. Different yes (and DELIGHTFULLY so), but it is that contrast and our interaction that gives our greatest strength.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Wed - December 13, 2006 at 04:05 PM  Tag


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