Our Policies, Their Consequences By Amber Ault And Eve Sandbar

Women throughout the world have been subjects of oppression, violence and left out of the world of “men”. As we have seen in the First World today and even back then, women are still not considered powerful as men, as we are inferior to their superiority. However, the Third World has exemplified a different world for women. A world where women can’t be independent and are at a high disadvantage than men. The authors, Amber Ault, Eve Sandberg and Arturo Escobar have made many arguments and depictions on the effects of women in the Third World. All arguing that women are the targets of their countries unfair treatment of wealthier countries and the control they have over them.

In “Our Policies, Their Consequences: Zambian Women’s Lives under “Structural Adjustment”, Amber Ault and Eve Sandberg have made numerous viewpoints into the lives of women in the Third World, specifically Zambian women. One argument that I found interesting and notable was the comparison
I supposed this was important because too many times people believe that living in the First World is like living in a dream, when in reality there are women who are living an unstable life. You can say that this too has an effect on women in the Third World for the reason that all their life, they are living under a patriarchal society where they are not given the freedom to do as they please and majority of them are looking for a stable life and environment which they may consider to be the First World. However, their society has a greater influence on how women are characterized, invisible and how they perceive themselves as human beings. For example, violence has been a major factor in many Third World countries and according to Amber