Michael Perelman says:
>Doesn't kerala do a better job of educating young girls? Isn't that very
>important?
Yes, Kerala does. And educational equality is even more important
than income equality, as far as reproductive choices of women are
concerned.
>But then, I have read about family planning being important for empowering
>women vis a vis their husbands.
Yes, family planning is important. The question is who runs family
planning programs. I don't like the idea of "international family
planning organizations" running them. I'd rather see Indian women's
movement or Indian leftist movement (like the CP) running them. The
same goes for women of any other poor nation.
There's nothing more empowering than women running programs that help
themselves. It's a virtuous circle, which never -- well, seldom ever
-- happens with international charity.
Yoshie
