My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot.

Today it is time to give the government a new lease of life and this new phase which is as demanding as it is inspiring requires renovated energy and new faces.

I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some countries they even mutilate women.

We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.

I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.

Educational equality doesn't guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and 'leaky pipelines' that prevent women from getting ahead in the workplace.