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Geoffrey Wiseman reviews the book Not Always Diplomatic: An Australian Woman’s Journey through international affairs (2020) by Sue Boyd. 

Four female diplomats in Ankara have expressed their support for women in diplomacy, saying they are hopeful that the number of female diplomats will increase worldwide in the future. Nina Vaskunlahti, the Finnish ambassador to Turkey, said in an exclusive interview with Sunday's Zaman that there are a greater number of female ambassadors in Finland than there were in the past.