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I have no doubt that she would be able to block it if she wanted to. She must have a very strong determination to get where she is.

My cousin is a quantity surveyor. Her mother wanted her to be a nurse and made a huge drama over what would she do all day discussing with construction workers, but there she is, also rising two children.




I remember a Ted talk saying that China grew much faster than India not because of any infrastructure advantage they had. But because of stronger role women play in the work force.

https://www.ted.com/talks/yasheng_huang_does_democracy_stifl...


There was something I read once about the Arab world failing to use 50% of its workforce efficiently being a reason for slower development. An interesting hypothesis for sure.




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