Don’t think you don’t get something because you are a woman: Theresa May

  • Date: 17-Feb-2020
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Defense
  • Country:Oman
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Don’t think you don’t get something because you are a woman: Theresa May

Women should never blame their gender for not getting what they want, Britain's Former Prime Minister Theresa May told a predominantly women audience at the Global Women's Forum in Dubai on Monday.. "Don't think you don't get something because you are a woman, said the British MP who was the second woman to be elected as the Prime Minister of UK after Margaret Thatcher.. In a conversation with Lana Nusseibeh, UAE Ambassador and Permanent representative to the UN, May shared her experiences as one of the few women parliamentarians who had to steer through a male-dominated turf. ". what questions did I not answer well; what subject I need to know more about.. Speaking about the pressure on women to be put out a personality when occupying high offices, May said she always believed in being herself. ". I became the Prime Minister," said May to thundering applause from the crowd.. On a lighter note, May admitted that her high-flying career politics did throw up some gender- specific challenges like getting her heels stuck while she was walking down the Downing Street and also having to change in a cockpit.. "I needed to change on a particular journey and I