The Blue Sweater_Blog#2

This book basically wants to deliver an idea that there is a huge gap between the poor and wealthy people. In the same time, the author wants to emphasize the women’s inequality in spending money.

Jacqueline realized that women have little chances to make money by doing economical transactions compared to men in Rwanda. For example, there was a bride price in Rwanda, which was the price the husband pays to the father of bride. It indicates how unequal men and women were at that time in Rwanda. We could imagine how small women could spend money.

Also, there was an interesting story Jacqueline experienced. Two women were selling baskets for $10 each. Jacqueline tried to negotiate the price down to $6, but both women stayed firm. Even thought she said she would buy the better price they offer, two women eventually did not make any sales. I personally think that this part shows the level of education in women society. They did not know about making sales from competitors. From Jacqueline’s experience, she wants to deliver an idea of incentives that people are operating business with.  They just want to sell the baskets to cover their daily costs. And I don’t think it is a right attitude when selling anything. In this part, I think the important thing to know is the reality that women in Rwanda had little knowledge of economics that should be more educated to them.