Emily's Reflections on Her Experience in Ottawa

Last night, Emily blogged about her thoughts on the conference:

"The past few days I've been given the opportunity of a lifetime. By attending this conference, I was able to see how important women are and how much we need to work together in the global community to promote our rights. I never realized how much work there was to be done until I wrote my essay and got to come and listen to the presentations.

This conference has also shown me that as a young leader, I must help to address these issues. I do plan on helping Equal Voice through their youth chapter.

I have been so inspired by the original Ad Hoc committee women - they have shown me that women can make a difference.

All in all, this experience has shown me that equality matters. I have met incredible people who are interested in politics just as much I am. I am one of the youngest here, and so this has been a growing experience. I have become informed about many issues I had never heard about.

When I go home I will share my experience with others and help get my peers involved in equality issues. Hopefully 25 years from now more will be accomplished and women around the world will receive the equality they deserve."