There are glimmers of hope however. In Ivory Coast, it used to be customary to genitally mutilate girls of nine or ten, and to forcibly marry them off to old men at the age of about thirteen. My husband tells me that nowadays, women refuse to allow their daughters to be treated like this (HURRAH!) and that women in their twenties (such as his own numerous sisters) have mobile phones, use internet cafes and are therefore au fait with modern ways (HURRAH AGAIN!) They also create small micro-businesses independant of men. (HURRAH A THIRD TIME!) My sister has sent a sizeable money transfer to one of his sisters to start a beauty business of her own. She, like me, is a strong supporter of Women's Rights. In little steps like this attitudes can be 'adjusted'.