TED Talk: It’s time for women to run for office

"What we see, we can be. It matters that women run."

With warmth and wit, Halla Tómasdóttir shares how she overcame media bias, changed the tone of the political debate and surprised her entire nation when she ran for president of Iceland — inspiring the next generation of leaders along the way. "What we see, we can be," she says. "It matters that women run."

TED Video: http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=193bc0bf06&e=d3135666a2