Women in leadership positions not only bring gender perspectives to the job, but serve as role models and project a level of ambition that positively impacts girls, especially in regions where widespread gender stereotyping and discrimination persists. In 2015, the Americas had the highest share of female members of parliament in the world (25.2%), the liighest share of women ministers (22.9%) and a relatively high niunber of female executives in government, with women in leadership roles in Argentina, Brazil and Chile (Inter-Parliamentary Union and U.N. Women, 2015). Between 1997 and 2014, the share of parliamentary seats held by women more than doubled in Mexico (from 14% to 37%), Chile (from 8% to 16%) and Peru (from 11% to 22%). During the same period, this share also increased from 12% to 20% in Colombia.