Influence, numbers should work for women

Hillary Clinton lost the US presidential race last year.

This year, Park Geun-hye, the first female president in South Korea, was removed from power over corruption charges. Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi came under fire for her country's handling of the Rohingya situation. In India, J. Jayalalithaa, a popular leader and state chief minister, died in office due to ill health.

Clearly, female politicians have had it tough in recent times.