 I decided to join the working group because I wanted to use my voice to advance women's rights and gender equality. Because of the honour of being part of one of the international mechanisms for the protection of women's and girls' human rights. I've always had a deep commitment to women's rights and I think when I decided to join it was at a time when we were starting to see some pushback. So I desperately wanted to be part of global systems change. I saw it as an opportunity to be engaged more globally and to influence policies at a global level and to get to know women and girls from different corners of the world and do my part. I thought it was important for me also to leverage the potential of the mandate to advance the gender equality agenda at a global level. I think what motivates me the most is seeing what women and girls and the organisations on the ground are doing themselves. Women and girls, despite all the odds, are courageous, they engage, they continue struggling, they don't lose hope, so we can't lose hope either. I think what motivates me is the fact that every day in this role you get to work with people who care about creating a more gender equal world. When we go out and we connect with civil society organisations, with women's rights defenders and others that energy is absolutely infectious and it energises me to keep on keeping on. So it's the relentless pursuit of ordinary people creating change and I'm absolutely inspired by that. For me the resilience of women human rights defenders work tirelessly and fearlessly. The change they drive and catalyze at many levels gives me hope and energy. Continued existence of discrimination against women and girls in law, policy and practice is really the fuel that keeps me going and I know it keeps a lot of women like me who are working to end discrimination against women going. I feel like it is my duty, I have to do my part in trying to co-create more just societies. It's been amazing. I think for a human rights lawyer it is such an honour and a responsibility to be in this kind of position where you have access to the whole range of member states, civil society, different actors including women themselves. The main highlight for me has been the learning that I've had from the interactions with women and girls all across the world. The most interesting for me was engaging with your human rights defenders. The opportunity to also create the space for them and to integrate and amplify their voices in our work. I think most meaningful and most touchy to me were moments with women and girls themselves such as in country visits, in Romania, in Roma villages or in Cunduras. Afghanistan was my first country visit, obviously very challenging because of the very grave situation of women and girls in the country but at the same time again an inspiration to see what the women and girls are doing there. As someone there put it there are different rocks on top of them blocking their actions and their rights and their freedoms but they are the water under the rocks and they are able to not only survive but continue working, continue fighting and feeling their strength. FIDAS was a huge highlight. In one word I would say dignity, oneness, equal, justice, justice.