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

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.

Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory.

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.

The point of the feminist movement wasnt simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated workplace, but to create a world where the contribution of both sexes was equally valued and no ones worth was judged on their take-home salary.

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