Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.

It's more pressure on women to - if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with your children if you are also doing all of the housework and child care.

Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men.

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, thirteen per cent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top - C-level jobs, board seats - tops out at fifteen, sixteen per cent.

Women need to shift from thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn by doing it.