Those interested in these issue (NB – should be all of us) may wish to check out the fine blog “Girls Allowed” by my colleague Sian MacLeod, ambassador in Prague.

Not only does it present some excellent arguments but it also has pictures of 32 UK female ambassadors and high commissioners overseas including Judith Farnworth, who was until January DHM in Kyiv and is now HM Ambassador in Kyrgyzstan.

Great stuff.

Leigh Turner has been the British Ambassador to Ukraine since June 2008. You can read all his blog entries at blogs.fco.gov.uk/roller/turnerenglish (in English) or blogs.fco.gov.uk/roller/turner/ (Ukrainian)