When I see people who have been married 50 or 60 years, have grandchildren, and are still together, I congratulate them. Two years ago she and her oldest grandson traveled to Cuba. Last summer she took another grandson to France, where the two went up in a hot-air balloon. She offers an answer that applies not only to them but, in its way, sums up her lifetime efforts to achieve wider opportunities for everyone. Boys could be chefs or lawyers.
Girls can be anything.
They can take risks. They should be able to make mistakes in ways we couldn't. And I hope they will have families. Families are a great thing. An interview with Sinta Nuriyah Abdurrahman Wahid, the first lady of Indonesia.