It is mostly women who have mastered Western languages and that are securing well-paid and prestigious dollar jobs. Women publish a monthly magazine, Avadan. Numerous women are involved in domestic and international trade. Women manage family affairs by default. Women have more exposure to international culture and the world and are thus acquiring new world views.
Women are willing to do some of the most difficult and dangerous jobs such as street cleaning.
Women study harder than men. Women voice more critique of and discontent with the status quo. More women are initiating divorce. And in extreme and tragic cases quite a few women commit suicide by self-immolation.