Teaching Young Women to Negotiate Boosts Their Future
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A new study looked at young women in Zambia. It tested if women can learn to get more power over money.
Many societies give men more power than women. This is called a patriarchal society. Women often have less money and less power.
Researchers taught young women how to negotiate. To negotiate means to talk and find a good deal for both sides.
The project gave women lessons in negotiation. The women learned how to ask for better deals in life and work.
The study found good results. Women who learned to negotiate had better chances later in life.
This shows something important. Skills like negotiation are not only 'natural' talent. People can learn them.
The idea is called 'nurture not nature'. This means training can build skills, not just genes.
Experts say this kind of training could help women in many countries. It could give them more economic power.
Economic power means having money and control over how to use it.
The project shows a simple lesson. Teaching negotiation skills early can change a woman's future.
Vocabulary15 words
- patriarchal
- a system where men have more power
- negotiate
- to talk with someone to reach a deal
- economic power
- having money and control over it
- nurture
- to help someone grow or learn through teaching
- prospects
- chances for a good future
- long-term
- lasting for a long time
- researchers
- people who study something carefully
- society
- a large group of people living together
- skills
- abilities learned through practice
- impact
- an effect on something
- genes
- parts of the body that decide natural traits
- training
- teaching someone to do something well
- deal
- an agreement between people
- study
- careful research on a topic
- future
- the time that will come
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Answer key
1. Zambia 2. Negotiation 3. False
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A new study looked at young women in _____. It tested if women can learn to get more power over money.
Many societies give men more power than women. This is called a _____ society.
Researchers taught young women how to _____. To negotiate means to talk and find a good deal for both sides.
The project gave women lessons in negotiation. The women learned how to ask for better deals in life and _____.
The study found good results. Women who learned to negotiate had better chances later in _____.
This shows something important. Skills like negotiation are not only 'natural' _____.
The idea is called 'nurture not nature'. This means training can build skills, not just _____.
Experts say this kind of training could help women in many countries. It could give them more _____ power.
Economic power means having money and control over how to use _____.
The project shows a simple lesson. Teaching negotiation skills early can change a woman's _____.
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