This blog post by Ben Thurman of The Guardian offers an interesting look into how the lives of women in Ethiopia are changing as more opportunities are opened to them. He tells of Memuna, “one of many women in the Bale Eco-region that have benefited from micro loans”. Through these social enterprise ventures, women like Memuna are now being given a sense of independence and the ability to pursue their own business interests.
This blog post explores the significance of these opportunities not only for women in poverty – but for women as a whole. Similar ideas in this blog post were also mentioned in class, especially the fact that in countries like Ethiopia, women entrepreneurs often outnumber men both because they possess qualities that make them well suited to business and because the denial of the same opportunities has resulted in making some women more eager and driven when it comes to business.
This brings up the questions, then, of what women all over the world could achieve without the inequalities impressed by society especially in developing countries that could be holding a wealth of ideas and talent that are lost because of the lack of support for these individuals.