لقد كانت هي عضواً في البرلمان بين عامي 1996 و 2001 وقد واجهت الكثير من المقاومة تجاه قضايا النساء من برلمانيين ذكور يرون زميلاتهن على أنهن وقحات، وأن المساواة بين الجنسين قضية لا تهم سوى الرئيس.
She had been a member of Parliament from 1996 to 2001 and had encountered much resistance to women's issues from male parliamentarians, who viewed their female colleagues as arrogant and gender equality as an issue in which only the President was interested.