<p>Project in Zambia shows how teaching young women to negotiate better can have a long-term impact on their prospects</p><p>Women making their way in patriarchal societies down the ages have always had to wield their meagre economic power deftly. <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5596970">New evidence</a> from a fascinating research project in Zambia suggests that’s a skill that can be learned.</p><p>A team of female US academics have been gathering data for more than