In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first female presidential candidate nominated by a major party in the United States. She eventually lost the race, but her candidacy was a milestone in the path towards adding the US to a growing list of countries that have had a female leader. But the overall number of countries that have been led by women still remains relatively small, and in most of these countries, women haven’t held power for long.

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