"My advice to young women who have the intention of starting a political career would certainly be the advice my father gave me when I was a young girl which is:"

"Be daring in the pursuit of right, don't accept the limits, constraints, conditions and definitions placed on you by others. But I would also tell them not to think they are without support, that there are other women who they should use as a means of breaking barriers and to refuse to be intimidated or excluded from the decision making arena. Be confident in your abilities to share as an equal partner and often to take leadership positions because there is nothing that predetermines your abilities on the basis of gender or sex."