She spent months preparing for a negotiation only to be told 48 hours before the big day that a male colleague would take her place at the table.
We too would be happy to see those changes, but making them preconditions for negotiations will only feed cynicism among Palestinians who believe that Israeli calls for reform are nothing more than delaying tactics.
The British White Paper, of which the salient features are summarised on page 480, makes it plain that until the very last Britain and France were urging, and Poland accepting, proposals for negotiations, provided only that they were on a basis of equality.
It now wants new negotiations only on rules for trade facilitation, simplifying paperwork and reducing corruption.
"As well as making clear that it will pursue its own course, and not be pushed into a corner by those who only advocate a hard Brexit, a government decision to publish its high-level objectives for negotiations would not only bring some certainty into that issue, but also be likely to suggest a tone which would be welcomed by a key group of its supporters.
While porn performer may be the only legal occupation where sexual boundaries are so blatantly up for negotiation, it's not the only place where workers can get treated unfairly.
Yet nine months after a preliminary peace accord set out a strict timetable for negotiations, this was only the second occasion that the various sides had sat down together.
"The only basis for negotiation would be power sharing that would give them some form of regional control and risk eventually giving them national power," he said.
His agent spoke out in his defence, confirming that Pablo had not asked to leave Atlético, and the Palacios faction were taking advantage of a contractual clause allowing him to leave if an offer of €15m were received (the club claimed the figure was only a basis for negotiation).
"It is our view that we cannot have a situation where the debt ceiling is extended as part of a budget negotiation for only six weeks, which would put us right back in the same position that we're in now," Mr. Carney said.
But the climate for negotiation is poor.
