This is a deeply moving and inspirational book, which I urge everyone to read, not just because it is fascinating to read about the legal and logistical challenges that Sitpah and her team faced and the way they worked together to create solutions where no precedents existed to overcome these challenges, but more particularly to read the inspirational story of Sitpah’s personal journey. Sitpah helps us to understand the importance of integrity, accountability and of creating unity across gender, culture and faith: a message that we need to hear and understand now more than ever…
However, above all else, this book is an inspiration to women of all ages. Sitpah shows us that it is normal to experience personal doubts, but that such doubts need not hold us back from achieving what we are each capable of. Sitpah’s willingness to show us her vulnerability, self-doubts and fear that being a female, indeed being less than 5 feet in height, would prevent her success helps us all to understand that self-doubt is normal and need not be self-limiting: she inspires each of us to realise that we have inside us the strength and passion to stand up, face the world, confront our fears and make a difference to the world. We just need to channel our inner ‘Sitpah’ and move forwards.