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I feel incredibly lucky

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to be from a country

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that's generally considered[br]to be the best place in the world

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to be a woman.

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In 1975, when I was seven years old,

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women in Iceland went on a strike.

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They did no work that day,

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whether they held professional jobs

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or had the work of the home.

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They marched into[br]the center of Reykjavík --

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90 percent of women participated --

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and peacefully and in solidarity

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asked for equality.

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Nothing worked in Iceland that day,

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because nothing works[br]when women are not at work.

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(Applause)

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Five years later,[br]Icelanders had the courage

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to be the first country in the world

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to democratically elect a woman[br]as their president.

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I will never forget this day,

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that President Vigdís,[br]as we know her by her first name,

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stepped out on the balcony[br]of her own home,

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a single mom with her daughter[br]by her side as she had won.

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(Applause)

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This woman was an incredible role model

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for me and everyone[br]growing up at that time,

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including boys.

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She frequently shares the story[br]of how a young boy approached her

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after a couple of terms in office

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and asked, "Can boys[br]really grow up to be president?"

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(Laughter)

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Role models really matter,

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but even with such strong role models

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who I am so grateful for,

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when I was encouraged[br]to run for president,

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my first reaction was,[br]"Who am I to run for president?

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Who am I to be president?"

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It turns out that women

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are less likely[br]to consider running than men.

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So a study done in the US in 2011

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showed that 62 percent of men[br]had considered running for office,

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but 45 percent of women.

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That's gap of 16 percentage points,

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and it's the same gap[br]that existed a decade earlier.

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And it really is a shame,

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because I am so convinced that the world[br]is in real need for women leaders

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and more principle-based leadership

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in general.

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So my decision to run

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ultimately came down to the fact

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that I felt

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that I had to do my bit,

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even if I had no political experience,

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to step up and try to be part[br]of creating the world

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that will make sense and be sustainable

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for our kids,

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and a world where we truly allow[br]both our boys and girls

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to be all they can be.

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And it was the journey of my life.

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It was amazing.

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The journey started with potentially[br]as many as 20 candidates.

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It boiled down to[br]nine candidates qualifying,

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and ultimately the race[br]came down to four of us,

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three men and me.

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(Applause)

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But that's not all the drama yet.

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You may think you have drama in the US,

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but I can --

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(Laughter)

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I can assure you[br]we had our own drama in Iceland.

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So our sitting president of 20 years

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announced initially[br]that he was not going to run,

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which is probably what gave rise

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to so many candidates considering running.

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Then later he changed his mind

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when our prime minister resigned

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following the infamous Panama Papers

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that implicated him and his family.

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And there was a popular[br]protest in Iceland,

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so the sitting president thought[br]they needed a trusted leader.

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A few days later, relations[br]to his wife and her family's companies

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were also discovered in the Panama Papers,

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and so he withdrew from the race again.

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Before doing so, he said he was doing that

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because now there were two qualified men

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who he felt could fill his shoes[br]running for office.

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So on May 9, 45 days before election day,

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it was not looking too good for me.

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I did not even make the graph[br]in the newspaper.

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The polls had me at 1 percent,

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but that was still the highest

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that any woman announcing[br]her candidacy had earned.

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So it would be an understatement[br]to say that I had to work extremely hard

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to get my seat at the table

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and access to television,

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because the network decided[br]that they would only include

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those with 2.5 percent[br]or more in the polls

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in the first TV debate.

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I found out on the afternoon[br]of the first TV debate

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that I would participate[br]along with the three men,

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and I found out on live TV

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that I came in at exactly 2.5 percent[br]on the day of the first TV debate.

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(Applause)

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So, challenges.

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The foremost challenges I had to face[br]and overcome on this journey

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had to do with media, muscle and money.

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Let's start with media.

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There are those who say[br]gender doesn't matter

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when it comes to media and politics.

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I can't say that I agree.

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It proved harder for me[br]to both get access and airtime in media.

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As a matter of fact, the leading candidate[br]appeared in broadcast media

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87 times in the months[br]leading up to the elections,

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whereas I appeared 31 times.

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And I am not saying[br]media is doing this consciously.

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I think largely this has to do[br]with unconscious bias,

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because in media,[br]much like everywhere else,

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we have both conscious[br]and unconscious bias,

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and we need to have the courage[br]to talk about it if we want to change it.

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When I finally got access to TV,

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the first question I got was,[br]"Are you going to quit?"

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And that was a hard one.

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But of course, with 1 percent[br]to 2.5 percent in the polls,

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maybe it's understandable.

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But media really matters,[br]and every time I appeared on TV,

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we saw and experienced[br]a rise in the polls,

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so I know firsthand how much this matters

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and why we have to talk about it.

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I was the only one[br]out of the final four candidates

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that never got a front page interview.

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I was sometimes left out of the questions[br]asked of all other candidates

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and out of coverage about the elections.

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So I did face this,

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but I will say this[br]to compliment the Icelandic media.

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I got few if any comments[br]about my hair and pantsuit.

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(Applause)

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So kudos to them.

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But there is another experience[br]that's very important.

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I ran as an independent candidate,

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not with any political party[br]or muscle behind me.

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That lack of experience

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and lack of access to resources

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probably came at a cost to our campaign,

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but it also allowed us to innovate[br]and do politics differently.

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We ran a positive campaign,

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and we probably changed the tone[br]of the election for others by doing that.

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It may be the reason[br]why I had less airtime on TV,

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because I wanted to show[br]other contenders respect.

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When access to media[br]proved to be so difficult,

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we ran our own media.

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I ran live Facebook sessions

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where I took questions from voters[br]on anything and responded on the spot.

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And we put all the questions I got[br]and all the answers on an open Facebook

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because we thought[br]transparency is important

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if you want to establish trust.

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And when reaching young voters[br]proved to be challenging,

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I became a Snapchatter.

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I got young people[br]to teach me how to do that,

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and I used every filter on Snapchat[br]during the last part of the campaign.

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And I actually had to use a lot of humor[br]and humility, as I was very bad at it.

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But we grew the following[br]amongst young people by doing that.

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So it's possible to run[br]a different type of campaign.

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But unfortunately, one cannot talk[br]about politics without mentioning money.

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I am sad that it is that way,[br]but it's true,

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and we had less financial resources[br]than the other candidates.

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This probably was partly due to the fact

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that I think I had a harder time[br]asking for financial support.

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And maybe I also had the ambition[br]to do more with less.

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Some would call that very womanly of me.

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But even with one third the media,[br]one third the financial resources,

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and only an entrepreneurial team,[br]but an amazing team,

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we managed to surprise everyone[br]on election night,

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when the first numbers came in.

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I surprised myself,[br]as you may see in that photo.

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(Laughter)

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So the first numbers,

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I came in neck to neck[br]to the leading candidate.

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(Cheers)

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Well, too early,[br]because I didn't quite pull that,

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but I came in second,

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and we went a long way[br]from the one percent,

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with nearly a third of the vote,

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and we beat the polls[br]by an unprecedented margin,

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or 10 percentage points[br]above what the last poll came in at.

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Some people call me the real winner[br]of the election because of this,

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and there are many people[br]who encouraged me to run again.

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But what really makes me proud

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is to know that I earned

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proportionately higher percentage[br]support from the young people,

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and a lot of people encouraged[br]my daughter to run in 2040.

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(Applause)

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She is 13,

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and she had never been on TV before.

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And on election day,[br]I observed her on TV repeatedly,

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and she was smart, she was self-confident,

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she was sincere, and she was[br]supportive of her mother.

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This was probably[br]the highlight of my campaign.

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(Applause)

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But there was another one.

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These are preschool girls out on a walk,

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and they found[br]a poster of me on a bus stop,

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and they saw the need to kiss it.

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Audience: Aw!

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This picture was really[br]enough of a win for me.

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What we see, we can be.

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So screw fear and challenges.

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(Applause)

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It matters that women run,

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and it's time for women to run for office,

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be it the office of the CEO[br]or the office of the president.

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I also managed to put an impression[br]on your very own "New Yorker."

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I earned a new title,[br]"A living emoji of sincerity."

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(Cheers)

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It is possibly my proudest title yet,

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and the reason is[br]that women too often get penalized

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for using what I call[br]their emotional capital,

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but I know from experience[br]that we become so good

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when we do just that.

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(Applause)

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And we need more of that.

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We celebrated as if we had won[br]on election night,

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because that's how we felt.

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So you don't necessarily[br]have to reach that office.

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You just have to go for it,

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and you, your family, your friends,[br]everyone working with you,

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if you do it well, you will grow beyond[br]anything you will experience before.

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So we had a good time,

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and I learned a lot on this journey,

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probably more lessons[br]than I can share here

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in the time we have today.

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But rest assured, it was hard work.

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I lost a lot of sleep during those months.

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It took resilience[br]and perseverance to not quit,

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but I learned something[br]that I knew before on the one percent day,

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and that is that you can only be good

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when you are truly, authentically[br]listening to your own voice

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and working in alignment with that.

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As a good sister of mine sometimes says,

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you may cheat on your intuition,

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but your intuition never cheats on you.

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I think it's also very important,[br]and you all know this,

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that on any journey you go on,

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it's the team you take along.

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It's having people around you[br]who share your values, your vision,

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but are different in every other way.

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That's the formula for success for me,

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and I am blessed with an amazing husband,

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here today,

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an incredible family --

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(Applause)

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and great friends,

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and we came together[br]as entrepreneurs in the political arena,

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and pulled something off[br]that everyone said would be impossible.

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As a matter of fact,[br]the leading PR expert told me

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before I made my decision

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that I would do well to get seven percent.

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I appreciated his perspective,[br]because he was probably right,

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and he was basing it[br]on valuable experience.

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But on the one percent day,

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I decided here to show him[br]that he was wrong.

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It's very important to mention this,[br]because I did lose a lot of sleep,

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and I worked hard,[br]and so did the people with me.

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We can never go the distance[br]if we forget to take care of ourselves.

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And it's two things that I think[br]are very important in that,

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in surrounding yourself with people[br]and practices that nourish you,

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but it's equally important,[br]maybe even more important,

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to have the courage[br]to get rid of people and practices

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that take away your energy,

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including the wonderful bloggers[br]and commentators.

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I took a lot of support[br]from others in doing this,

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and I made the decision to go high[br]when others went low,

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and that's partly how I kept[br]my energy going throughout all of this.

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And when I lost my energy for a moment --

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and I did from time to time,[br]it wasn't easy --

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I went back to why I decided to run,

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and how I had decided to run my own race.

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I called it a 4G campaign,

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the G's representing the Icelandic words.

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And the first one is called "Gagn."

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I ran to do good,

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to be of service,

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and I wanted servant leadership

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to be at the center of how I worked[br]and everybody else in the campaign.

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Second one is "Gleði," or joy.

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I decided to enjoy the journey.

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There was a lot to be taken[br]out of the journey,

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no matter if the destination[br]was reached or not.

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And I tried my utmost[br]to inspire others to do so as well.

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Third is "Gagnsæi."

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I was open to any questions.

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I kept no secrets,

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and it was all open,[br]on Facebook and websites.

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Because I think if you're[br]choosing your president,

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you deserve answers to your questions.

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Last but not least,

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I don't need to explain that in this room,

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we ran on the principle of Girlpower.

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(Cheers)

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I am incredibly glad

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that I had the courage to run,

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to risk failure but receive success

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on so many levels.

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I can't tell you that it was easy,

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but I can tell you,

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and I think my entire team[br]will agree with me,

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that it was worth it.

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Thank you.

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(Applause)

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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(Applause)

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Pat Mitchell: I'm not letting you go yet.

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Halla Tómasdóttir: What a great crowd.

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PM: I can't let you go[br]without saying

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that probably everybody in the room[br]is ready to move to Iceland

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and vote for you.

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But of course we probably[br]can't vote there,

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but one thing we can get from Iceland

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and have always gotten is inspiration.

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I mean, I'm old enough to remember 1975

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when all the Icelandic women walked out,

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and that really was a very big factor[br]in launching the women's movement.

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You made a reference to it earlier.[br]I'd love to bring the picture back up

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and just have us remember what it was like[br]when a country came to a standstill.

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And then what you may not know

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because our American media[br]did not report it,

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the Icelandic women[br]walked out again on Monday. Right?

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HT: Yes, they did.[br]PM: Can you tell us about that?

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HT: Yes, so 41 years[br]after the original strike,

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we may be the best place[br]in the world to be a woman,

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but our work isn't done.

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So at 2:38pm on Monday,

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women in Iceland left work,

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because that's when[br]they had earned their day's salary.

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(Applause)

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What's really cool about this

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is that young women and men participated

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in greater numbers than before,

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because it is time[br]that we close the pay gap.

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PM: So I'm not going to ask[br]Halla to commit right now

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to what she's doing next,

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but I will say that you'd have[br]a very large volunteer army

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should you decide to do that again.

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Thank you Halla.

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HT: Thank you all.

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(Applause)