Sunday, September 17, 2006

Pakistan - the land of men

I am in Pakistan for the first time. I arrived Friday night - two days ago - and can count the women I've seen on one hand. This is definitely the land of men! A very quick introduction to the challenges I will meet here since one of my assignments is to come up with a strategy for helping women participate more in our project activities and have a greater voice in decision-making. To do that, it would be helpful to actually to talk to some women so I hope I can find some...

Other than that, I haven't seen too much yet. Karachi is huge, crowded, and noisy and traffic rules don't exist (or they do, but of course everyone driving are men and we all know what that means....).

I just realized that the hotel gym is reserved for women from 10 to 4. Hmm, maybe I could see some women AND get excercise? I have a feeling I'll be pretty alone, but you never know. Good luck to me!

Monday, September 04, 2006

Camilla in Manila

So now I live in Manila! Just arrived 10 days ago after a great break at home where the highlight (of course) was Bitten and Frode's beautiful wedding. And the bachelor party was pretty good too if I can say so myself... I'll update more and put some pictures later, just wanted everyone to know I'm still alive.