World history/WHME103/Globalization/Women

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• How has the role of women evolved in the past century?

• How does the empowerment of women impact development more broadly?

• What challenges remain for women's rights?

'How can the changing status of women help improve the human condition?', The Millennium Project.

Reflect on what you have learned in this reading by posting a comment in WEnotes below. For example:

• In the developing world ...

• Gender inequality ...

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