It's time for women to run for office
1,088,121 views | Halla Tómasdóttir • TEDWomen 2016
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."
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."
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About the speaker
Halla Tómasdóttir is CEO of The B Team, a group of global business and civil society leaders driving a better way of doing business for the well-being of people and the planet.
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