New Zealand's first elected female Prime Minister, Helen Clark became active in politics while studying at the University of Auckland.

From unwanted advice about having kids to unrealistic expectations for fundraising, Reps. Terri Sewell and Veronica Escobar talk about the obstacles faced by women who run for office.

Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir discusses with Martin Chungong Managing Director of the International Parliamentary Union on gender-based violence and harassment for women in European Parliaments.

Former speaker and Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop says quotas and affirmative action in politics is ‘not good for women’ because they ‘become a permanent second-class citizen.

There are more women than ever serving in Congress right now.

And there are more women running for president in 2020 than ever before.

As early as 1966, India elected a female prime minister, becoming only the second country in the world to do so.