 The Scottish Parliament's presiding officer, the right honourable Tricia Marwick MSP, meeting teenagers in Dumfries, along with young female staff of the Scottish Parliament. Her message, be the best you can be. Now she's embarking on a major new initiative to bring young women from here and all over Scotland for a day of events in Holyrood, encouraging them to grasp their value and be unafraid to fulfil the potential they maybe don't even realise they have. The theme is inspiring young women. The Scottish Parliament has got a golden moment to involve particularly young women in the work that we do. We have for the first time ever a female presiding officer, a female First Minister. In addition, the leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament is a woman as is the leader of the Conservative Party. So we have got very, very senior women at the moment and it seems to me that to try to involve and engage young women now is the moment that we should be doing it. 128 young women from 32 schools across Scotland are set to participate in the event later this month. The presiding officer is supported in this initiative by those senior female political figures. The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Labour's Deputy Leader, Kezia Dugdale and Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, along with the Lib Dem MSP Allison McKinnis and Scottish Greens MSP Allison Johnson. Other inspirational women in Scottish public life are also set to take part sharing their stories with the participants and taking them through workshops aimed at helping them overcome common obstacles faced by women. And there will be a session in the Scottish Parliament's chamber where the young women will be encouraged to make their voices heard. What's important is that we try to capture what happened within the referendum of people who were engaged. And that's one of the reasons why we're having this conference for young women. The day itself will be an exciting day. It's not just about politics. It's about encouraging young women to be all that they can be. And we have got inspiring women, whether they be politicians and from the charity and business fields who will become to talk to young women about a number of issues that concern them. And sometimes some of the barriers that would stop them getting involved and that's about confidence, that's about body image. That's a whole number of things that sometimes prevent young women. So what this conference is going to do is encourage young women to get involved to be all that they can be and that we hope that by the time they leave the conference they will be inspired. And I'm quite sure that all of those who are taking part in the conference including myself will be inspired by the quality of the young women that we have. More details will be announced closer to the inspiring young women event which takes place on Monday March the 23rd. In the meantime, find out more on our webpage including how to get tickets for the public gallery of the chamber and you can join the debate on social media.