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From: LindyBill3/25/2010 9:27:59 AM
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How do you treat women?

By Thomas P.M. Barnett

OP-ED: Divorced Before Puberty, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, New York Times, March 3, 2010 Link

Fascinating piece by Kristof. Definitely worth reading in full. Key logic:

>>> There are a couple of reasons countries that marginalize women often end up unstable. First, those countries usually have very high birth rates, and that means a youth bulge in the population. One of the factors that most correlates to social conflict is the proportion of young men ages 15 to 24. Second, those countries also tend to practice polygamy and have higher death rates for girls. That means fewer marriageable women -- and more frustrated bachelors to be recruited by extremists. <<<

From Blueprint: everything you need to know about a country, you can tell by how it treats its women. There is simply no serious economic growth without empowering females, and the simplest rule for starting development is, educate young girls for as long as possible.
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