Anna Abdallah

"It's quite hard, especially because of African traditional culture where a woman's place is in the kitchen"

"Women have a tough time contesting elections and they have to show exemplary proficiency to get recognised."

"People were not used to seeing women in public meetings talking just like male politicians do. They realised that women can talk back."

"For a woman to be successful, she has to have a very supporting husband and family."

"Parliament is very unfriendly for a woman with a child. We are talking about it and we would like to see more women with children getting into parliament and then performing their parental duties without hindrance, without neglecting the children.""