2017 will mark a clear shift in power with as many as 21 countries that could be led by a woman as president or prime minster.

According to Politico Magazine, it would be a record, topping the 19 female heads of state currently in power. It seems to me that women may indeed be running the world! The question it raises, however, is how large a part role models play in influencing gender equality.

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