Guest fairy Posted June 1, 2007 Partager Posted June 1, 2007 Sixty percent of Algeria’s university students are women, researchers say. This group was waiting for a bus Thursday at a university in Algiers ALGIERS, May 25 — In this tradition-bound nation scarred by a brutal Islamist-led civil war that killed more than 100,000, a quiet revolution is under way: women are emerging as an economic and political force unheard of in the rest of the Arab world. Women make up 70 percent of Algeria’s lawyers and 60 percent of its judges. Women dominate medicine. Increasingly, women contribute more to household income than men. Sixty percent of university students are women, university researchers say. In a region where women have a decidedly low public profile, Algerian women are visible everywhere. They are starting to drive buses and taxicabs. They pump gas and wait on tables. Lire la suite.... New York Times Citer Link to post Share on other sites
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