Women's right, the right to vote, was just the beginning of equality. We still have a long way to go.

Women are capable of running this country. Women are capable of running the Department of the Army. Women are capable of running EEO and ATEC [Army Technical Evaluation Command], and women are capable of working over in Iraq.

The way we see ourselves, handle ourselves; there's too many of us [women] who still believe the way to get to the top is our bodies, as opposed to our minds.

We still need our equal pay for equal work. We need opportunity and doors open.

We are beginning to see changes. We are working on an interim national constitution that recognizes gender equality and child rights, which are often ignored by customary law.

The sovereignty and equality of the Turkish Cypriots and the guaranteed right of Turkey are not negotiable subjects,