![Women losing elections research](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_837x460/public/2022-06/women-losing-elections_Research.jpeg?h=49b4ce53&itok=yuEVKktX)
In 2016 alone, not only did Hillary Clinton and Keiko Fujimori of Peru lose extremely contentious presidential elections, Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff and South Korea’s Park Geun-hye were forced from power. Half as many women hold the highest political office as did in the beginning of 2014.