From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women determined to change the course of the future for themselves and their families.

It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.

With longer life spans and better health and education, many feel that giving birth to a baby a mere couple of decades after they themselves were in the cradle is a little premature.

I wasn't allowed to be clever when I was young and blonde, but now I am 50 and an old blonde, I am allowed to have gravitas. With wrinkles comes wisdom.

Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy.

Too often we forget that an ideal partner is someone who enhances an already full existence.

The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances.