Is the mountain moving? -- Back to the future: the waiting years -- Culture: the master key -- Housewives: the smile of a mountain witch -- Education in a one-chance society -- Facing two ways: women in the workplace -- The twilight years: caring for the elderly -- Sexual politics -- Our little Noah's ark planet: empowerment through working together -- Firewords: empowerment through writing -- Becoming the flag: the twenty-first century is woman's time.