When there are relief aids, giving cash to women directly ensures the survival of the tribe. The men only want to purchase more cattle and land. Women will invest in the education of their children and in small businesses.
good point @Neb. and i think it's worth noting that at first, carmen didn't even appear on-screen. she was nothing more than a name. not unlike scheherazade barely appearing in her own story, to use the example of @Flag's recent game.
I was agender until a few years ago when the gender switch finally turned on. Being a woman that didn't feel like a woman was unnerving. Seeing Carmen be herself and her gender not really factor into the equation made me feel like what I was was a thing that was possible, if that makes sense. I didn't even understand any of that back then