New Initiative in Zambia Teaches Young Women Negotiation Skills to Boost Economic Power

Nurture not nature? How young women can learn to better wield economic power | Heather Stewart

Project in Zambia shows how teaching young women to negotiate better can have a long-term impact on their prospects Women making their way in patriarchal societies down the ages have always had to wield their meagre economic power deftly. New evidence from a fascinating research project in Zambia suggests that’s a skill that can be learned. A team of female US academics have been gathering data for more than a decade, which shows that teaching young women to negotiate better can have a long-t...

By Heather Stewart