I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.
I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect.
A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician.
Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile.
I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.
I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate.
Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models.
My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family.
I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest.
The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.
I was very restless, but finally I found my way.
Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging.
The EU should have consolidated its different presences and purposes in Kosovo earlier.
I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which I was not ready.
I met the Radicals and we liked each other reciprocally.
My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant.
Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community.
The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature.
I was thrown into the Parliament right away. From 1976 to 1978 I was concerned with the abortion issue, later on with that of divorce.
I felt that what is personal is political.
I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.
My family had liberal positions.
I am now concerned with women's issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia.
Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life.
The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses.
