How many of your childhood friends do you remember who climbed trees, drew imaginative pictures showing how things worked, built cities of Lego, rode bikes, constructed forts from blankets and furniture and invented elaborate games involving hiding, seeking, capturing … and getting really filthy?

If your childhood was anything like mine, these memories are some of your best, and I would guess at least half of those friends were girls. But how often do we see the childhood interests of girls slowly subsumed beneath a well-meaning deluge of dolls, pink dresses, and expectations regarding their acquisition of cooking, cleaning and deportment skills? Who among you made your decision regarding post-secondary training entirely based upon your passions? Did you have much idea about the job market? To what extent was your decision influenced by your parents? Recently ADB has been working with an NGO in the Kyrgyz Republic... — blogs.adb.org/blog/