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Women are not only deciding the outcome of elections, they serve as important role models for their daughters and other young women - they hold a key to expanding the way in which women value and experience politics.

When given the chance, women have proven they will participate in the electoral process.

I think sometimes women are not driven by the same, albeit, testosterone power thing that pushes men to get into politics.

Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

Politics is a potent way to empower women.

A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment.

We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are not wedded to the policies of the past. We didn't craft them. They didn't let us.

I've always championed women in politics. We just get stuck in; politics isn't a game. The decisions we make affect people's lives, and that is something we must all keep to the forefront of our minds.