Questions on Education

1. Why do think, as many of this week's reading argue, that a woman's education typically has more of an impact on the well-being of the family as a whole than a man's education? Is this merely the gender roles of societies at play?

2. Roudi-Fahimi and Moghadam write that "In the Gulf states, jobs not considered appropriate for MENA women, such as waitressing, are often filled by imported female laborers from South and East Asia." Do you think this is yet another instance of devaluing a set of people because they are "the other"?

3. In Half the Sky, they discuss the fact that the Camfed alumni also often become philanthropists too. When we met with the former President of the Global Women's Fund she noted that they encourage all women's organizations to contribute however much they can even if it is only a few dollars to help other women's groups. She noted that this too was empowering for the women. Do you think giving back to other girls' education is similarly empowering for the Camfed alumni?