Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult…

Zaha Hadid
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Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.
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