[...]For as long as I can remember, I have known and experienced the inequality of opportunities offered to boys and girls in terms of social status. My family’s stance on the matter was rather progressive, yet sometimes something would be said that would remind me of the prejudices conveyed by tradition and religion. For instance, my grandmother kept repeating “a girl is not worth much.” I have therefore always been a feminist, it was self-evident. But to have made that choice at an early age, a choice often mocked and criticized, does not give me any particular legitimacy to speak here before those of you who share these values and these choices, each in your own special way.[...]