We need the best political leaders, people with best ideas, most creative and most driven to win the best possible future. This is why we cannot allow half of the world's population to remain observers – "we cannot win with only half the team". This is why gender equality matters.

Gladly I come from a country where we practice what we preach. We had female prime minister, we have female ministers, we have a female Head of General Staff of Slovene Armed Forces, we have a female Head of Slovene Police, we have female ambassadors, and I am now a woman at the UN and OSCE table.