Gender equality does not just happen. Even in countries where there is no morality police. Progress is hard won and easily lost.
Beyond laws, women and girls also need role models — women who blaze a trail for everyone else.
Captain Cristoforetti,
Dr Shirin Ebadi,
your examples inspire us.
You strive for a world where young girls and boys can be whatever they want to be in life, where there are no jobs that are simply for men or simply for women, where not even the sky is the limit.
This is our goal. Not because women are better, but because we are different, and also, very simply, because it is right.