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Gro Harlem BrundtlandGlenys Kinnock
Member of the European Parliament for South Wales
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 What she says
 Who is she?
 Brief biography
 Family influences
 Choices: balancing work and family
 Speaking out
 A new direction at 50
 Campaigning for change
 Building confidence
 Women's qualities
 Encouraging women
 Advice
 Mature politician
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"I'm in middle age, in my 50s and I've had another chance - there is life after 50… I'm a middle aged grandmother role model for women, that you don't have to think 'I've had my career and I'm going to retire' because I've started a completely new life. And I have to say I've probably got just as much energy if not more than the majority of the younger ones."
    
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