ARTICLE: "A Quiet Revolution in Algeria: Gains by Women," by Michael Slackman, New York Times, 26 May 2007, p. A1.

The feminization of the legal profession in Algeria shouldn't surprise. It's been going on here for a long time.

What I love about this story is the crucial role of education. Globalization seems to sour local men on it: they either go right into jobs or head abroad.

Women, with less freedom of movement, gravitate toward college as liberation, and then backfill a host of rule-setting and enforcement careers (highlighted here, lawyers and judges). Slowly and quietly, society is fundamentally altered.

One way or another, globalization empowers women disproportionately to men simply by empowering women--no matter how small.

Good stuff.