Taryam. Milne. Clark/Merkel.

There needs to be a fundamental shift in the way societies view women in government, one that does not see them as mere seat-fillers or stats on a chart, they must be viewed as a vital contributing factor to the betterment of the world.
And that is the ultimate goal, to elect politicians who strive to implement laws that are blind to gender differences and whose ultimate goal is to create fair and just societies, that is how it works. Aysha Taryam.

Destroying the joint means building a new system in which it is not OK to allow people to be marginalised, exploited and discriminated against, it’s not OK to ignore the needs of future generations, it’s not OK to wreck this extraordinary, beautiful, fragile planetary environment that sustains us – our Mother Earth. Christine Milne, from Destroying the Joint: Why Women Have to Change the World.

Then, in an unusual moment, she grew emotional, which left little doubt about the level of profound respect and admiration Merkel had for her American colleague:
‘So eight years are coming to a close. This is the last visit of (President) Barack Obama to our country… I am very glad that he chose Germany as one of the stopovers on this trip…Thank you for the reliable friendship and partnership you demonstrated in very difficult hours of our relationship. So let me again pay tribute to what we’ve been able to achieve, to what we discussed, to what we were able to bring about in difficult hours. Claudia Clark, from Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel.