10-time author and designer with a focus on change in organizations and communities. HappinessChoice.com. Contact Jack at jack(at)happinesschoice(dot)com
A zen perspective on how we think about the future
This year Saudi women will enjoy a freedom taken for granted by other women around the world - the simple pleasure of shopping in a women-staffed lingerie store. Recent reforms there have elevated bra buying to a political act.
One of the drivers is pressure from women and leaders who grasp the inevitable arc of women who are becoming more educated than many of their countrymen.
Over the coming generation, this is likely to be the farthest-reaching transformation in Saudi society. While women are still constrained by law, religion and custom, more and more are likely to enter the work force. They will be better educated than their predecessors, will marry later and will have fewer children. The range of jobs and professions open to them will expand
(via Saudi Women Break a Barrier - the Right to Sell Lingerie - NYTimes.com)
10-time author and designer with a focus on change in organizations and communities. HappinessChoice.com. Contact Jack at jack(at)happinesschoice(dot)com
10-time author and designer with a focus on change in organizations and communities. HappinessChoice.com. Contact Jack at jack(at)happinesschoice(dot)com
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