Discussion

Listening to working mothers, I feel how difficult it is for them to balance everything: jobs, household, children, husbands... The more they try to do good for their families and the more they try to work hard to earn money (in some families, men don't work), the less they care about their mental and physical health. It's saddening that women's actions are taken for granted in many uzbek communities, even some parents don't let their girls study, mentioning their duties as a future mother and a wife.

As a sister, daughter, aunt, student and simply a girl, I can't consume the fact how some of my peers are suffering because of stereotypes deeply rooted in our culture.

Professor Cheul Rhee from South Korea said in his tech company more than 55% of women work as IT specialists. Is it because women there are more motivated compared to Uzbekistan? No. According to Professor Min, in his lectures for marketing most of the girls are active and perform better than boys.

In GSBE 97% of the students in IT Business course comprised MEN, 80% of which have already decent jobs and don't want to study. The remaining 20% are willing to pursue their education in this area just because it seems a good investment for future.

I didn't hear anyone say: Oh, I love business! That's what confused professors. The motivation to study is quite low and no teaching method worked successfully.

However, I think there is another reason too. Women may be less smarter or less motivated than men, but they don't have a responsibility to earn money in some cases unlike men who are always pushed towards short-term gains by parents.

It's also interesting to see majority of girls in humanities, while men in finance or public sector. Recently, a training course specifically for "leader women" kicked off in GSBE, where they are taught more advanced approaches in leadership. I saw women taking part there were independent and quite rich owning at least their cars. I don't want to favor feminism, yet it's useful to find the root causes of the differences in women's lives.

Some women are just lucky to be born in families where they are supported psychologically and financially to build themselves, others are given freedom to find themselves, while the rest are deprived of many opportunities around. This is inequality. And it doesn't always mean poverty. It may also be a sign of lack of knowledge among older people. These days even common sense is getting rare.

I don't know how to describe the situation - if it was well stated beforehand, it could have been already solved. There are only assumptions in Uzbekistan, research work is just on paper. Nobody needs it, unfortunately.

They tell me women don't have rights here :(

Maybe, some women lack care?

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