San Diego Adult Entertainment: We celebrate the win of Annise Parker as a win for all women
December 16, 2009 at 8:01 pm | In San Diego adult entertainment | No CommentsHouston Mayor-elect Annise Parker, center, smiles at her partner, Kathy Hubbard, left, as they celebrate Parker’s runoff election victory at a campaign party Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 in Houston. Parker defeated former city attorney Gene Locke making Houston the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
This autumn we attended a lecture by author Nicholas Kristof who presented his findings at a public UCSD forum. He and his wife’s life work in studying global populations reveals that when disempowered, uneducated women in developing countries are lifted up, educated and given opportunity, they eagerly rise to the challenge. The couple found the majority of these women became economic leaders within their households and respected members of their communities. The Kristofs discovered that when women earn, they re-invest in their families, neighborhoods, and their businesses. Where as men who earn tend to splurge on indulgences like alcohol, gambling and prostitution.
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