The Female Lead

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An educational charity dedicated to making women's stories more visible. Founded by @Edwina_Dunn OBE #WhenShesInTheRoom

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1Mar 25, '21New Zealand just approved a new measure allowing for paid leave after miscarriage. The legislation is believed to be among the first in the world, applying to couples who lose a ba74.4×0120k26k555
2Jan 19, '23"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel59.9×2.4M37k7.9k442
3Jun 27, '20"Economic growth accompanied by worsening social outcomes is not success, it is failure" Jacinda Ardern26.6×039k12k388
4Oct 16, '21"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us." Jane Goodall19.6×033k7k466
5Oct 17, '20Congratulations to Jacinda Ardern for her second term win, in a landslide victory. She is the first prime minister to have dealt with a major terrorist attack, deadly volcanic erup17×027k6.9k102
6Jan 5, '21Last year Jacinda Ardern announced that New Zealand would start offering free period products to schools in 2021. "We may not talk about it much, but... nearly 95,000 young people 13.6×017k6.9k140
7Jun 12, '20"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, I'm weak. I totally rebel against 12.7×021k4.8k202
8Sep 19, '20"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made" Ruth Bader Ginsburg 🙏10.4×016k4.8k83
9Oct 17, '20"I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust de9.8×016k3.7k86
10May 3, '21"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us." Jane Goodall.8.6×014k3.2k153
11Dec 19, '22"You'll often hear people say, 'well, you're helping women find their voices' and I fundamentally disagree with that because women don't need to find a voice, they have a voice, th8.4×344k3.9k74676
12Mar 8, '23Happy International Women's Day! Tag a woman who inspires you and tell us why 👇 #IWD2023 Social media can be used for good and that's why we created the campaign #DisruptYourFeed.5.9×241k2.4k63218
13Jan 12, '21"Economic growth accompanied by worsening social outcomes is not success. It is failure." - Jacinda Ardern5.9×09.5k2.2k89
14Dec 22, '22Tag them ❤️5.8×236k1.8k27618
15Feb 25, '21Jacinda Ardern just announced that all New Zealand schools will have free access to sanitary products from June, in an initiative aimed at stamping out period poverty in the countr5.7×09.2k2k26
16Nov 7, '20Kamala Harris had just made history as the first female, black, and Indian-American vice president.5.6×09.2k1.9k15
17Nov 8, '20Ruby Bridges, age 6, being escorted into school by U.S. marshals, when she became the first Black student to integrate an elementary school in the South, by Norman Rockwell. Madam 5.3×08.7k1.9k105
18Jul 9, '20"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel5.3×08.6k2k76
19Sep 19, '20"When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough women on the supreme court? And I say ‘When there are nine.’ People are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever ra5.1×08k2.2k33
20May 30, '21"I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust de4.9×08.2k1.7k56
21Mar 25, '21"Economic growth accompanied by worsening social outcomes is not success. It is failure." - Jacinda Ardern4.7×07.4k1.9k71
22Dec 26, '22"Women make up more than half of the world’s population and potential, so it is neither just nor practical for their voices, for our voices, to go unheard at the highest levels of 4.6×190k3.2k46616
23Jan 19, '23“It takes courage and strength to be empathetic, and I’m very proudly an empathetic and compassionate leader. I am trying to chart a different path, and that will attract criticism4.3×176k3k42833
24Jun 8, '23"Women need a seat at the table, they need an invitation to be seated there, and in some cases, they need to create their own table. We need a global understanding that we cannot i4.3×174k2k33433
25May 25, '21When a mom stood up to leave her lecture because her baby wouldn't stop crying, Professor Sydney Engelberg picked the baby up and continued teaching. Engelberg allows mothers to br4.2×08.2k1.1k42
26Jan 19, '23"The first prime minister to have dealt with a major terrorist attack, deadly volcanic eruption & pandemic all in her first term. All while holding a baby." 👇 #JacindaArdern4.1×167k3.9k57125
27May 16, '21“To me, leadership is not about being the loudest in the room, but instead being the bridge, or the thing that is missing in the discussion and trying to build a consensus from the3.8×06.4k1.3k94
28Nov 7, '20"What I want young women & girls to know is: You are powerful and your voice matters. You're going to walk into many rooms in your life & career where you may be the only o3.6×05.2k1.6k24
29Jul 18, '23"Women make up more than half of the world's population and potential, so it is neither just nor practical for their voices to go unheard at the highest levels of decision making" 3.5×144k2k35632
30Jun 26, '22"The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her wellbeing and dignity. It’s a decision she must make for herself" - Ruth Bader Ginsburg3.5×06k1.3k33
31Oct 7, '20"I feel like we should stop calling feminists ‘feminists’ and just start calling people who aren’t feminist ‘sexist’ – You are either a normal person or a sexist.” Maisie Williams 3.5×04.1k79360
32Dec 20, '22This 👇3.4×139k1.8k27117
33Mar 6, '21Andy Murray 👏3.0×06.4k50219
34Mar 29, '23Latest Article: The great-granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst has described the treatment of the Duchess of Sussex as “sad”. Dr Helen Pankhurst said people are “so unco2.9×117k1.9k36425
35Aug 15, '20"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel2.8×04.3k1.1k42
36Nov 4, '20“Our sisterhood is resilient”. The Squad is back in the house as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib amd Ilhan Omar are re-elected and will return to their sea2.7×04.8k75835
37Mar 20, '21"I feel like we should stop calling feminists ‘feminists’ and just start calling people who aren’t feminist ‘sexist’ – You are either a normal person or a sexist.” Maisie Williams2.7×05.3k62928
38Jan 8, '22Representation matters ❤2.6×05.7k38816
39Oct 17, '21"It was a moment that changed my life. In that second I stopped to question almost everything I had been taught about the past. How often had I overlooked women’s contributions?" S2.5×04.6k75652
40Jul 26, '20Happy Birthday to @jacindaardern! The first prime minister to have dealt with a major terrorist attack, deadly volcanic eruption & pandemic all in her first term. All while hol2.3×03.4k95736
41Jun 4, '21"Men don't age better than women, they're just allowed to age" Carrie Fisher2.3×04.2k68134
42Jul 10, '20I'm not crying, you're crying! 😭❤2.2×04k51542
43Aug 30, '20"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel2.1×03.4k90035
44Nov 3, '20Benedict Cumberbatch will only sign on for an acting job if his female co-stars are paid the same as him. "Equal pay and a place at the table are the central tenets of feminism." W2.1×03.8k56119
45Nov 27, '20"The reason women are critiqued for being too loud or too meek, too big or too small, too smart to be attractive or too attractive to be smart, is to belittle women out of standing2.1×03.5k74943
46Mar 11, '19The moment Illie asks @brielarson who HER favourite female superhero is... @captainmarvel @CaptMarvelNews #captainmarvel2.1×02.6k99577
47Jul 21, '20"We teach kindness and empathy and compassion to our children but then we somehow, when it comes to political leadership, want a complete absence of that. So I am trying to chart a2.1×03k85236
48Oct 12, '20"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel2.0×02.9k93035
49Jan 3, '21"When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you’re winning!" ❤ Happy birthday to climate activist @GretaThunberg1.9×03.6k48825
50Aug 27, '20Life doesn't end and start at 25 👇 @PeacefulBarb 👏❤1.9×02k1.3k31
51Jul 26, '20At the age of 25, Jasmine Twitty is the youngest judge ever to be appointed in US History. Know her name 👇1.8×03.5k49612
52Jan 26, '21In the same week that Kamala Harris becomes the first female vice-president of the USA, Estonia will become the only country in the world that has both a female president and femal1.8×03.2k59415
53Aug 15, '20"Men don't age better than women, they're just allowed to age" - Carrie Fisher1.8×03.1k62819
54May 31, '21"You are not the opinion of someone who doesn't know you" Taylor Swift1.8×03.1k63930
55Nov 21, '20"Strong men - men who are truly role models - don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerf1.8×03k57129
56Jan 15, '21“If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business.” Dr. Gail Dines1.7×03.1k56218
57Jun 4, '21Will Smith just posted a message of support for Naomi Osaka ❤1.7×03.4k40320
58Jun 1, '21Malala: survivor, activist, legend. Vogue's July 2021 Cover 👏1.7×03.2k4608
59Sep 8, '20The next time you use any navigational device like Google maps, thank Dr Gladys West, one of the inventors of GPS technology. 👏1.7×02.7k67329
60Feb 5, '21"I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not togeth1.7×03.2k37223
61Aug 27, '21"You must find the courage to leave the table where respect is no longer being served.” – Tene Edwards1.6×02.7k58782
62May 29, '21"The worst thing we can do as women is not support each other" Amal Clooney ❤1.6×03k41321
63Nov 1, '20Captain Wendy Rexon and her daughter Kelly became the first mother and daughter pair in history to pilot a commercial flight together in 2019. With female pilots only accounting fo1.6×02.8k41932
64Aug 24, '20Meet Theresa Kachindamoto, the Malwai Chief who broke up 850 child marriages and banned the sexual initiation of young girls. Know her name 👇📷CC1.5×02.4k67815
65Jul 3, '20"I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust de1.5×02.3k60017
66Jul 23, '21"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel1.5×02.5k53727
67Jul 24, '20“Having a daughter does not make a man decent. Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man” @AOC1.5×02.3k57124
68Mar 8, '22"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us." - Jane Goodall. Happy #IWD2022 to our fellow "difficult" women out there.🙌1.4×02.6k49311
69May 30, '20Male engineering student explains why his female class mates are not his equals and you're going to want to read to the end 👇1.4×02.1k59560
70Aug 14, '20"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us." Jane Goodall.1.4×02.2k58121
71Jun 16, '21Tag them ❤1.4×02.4k36814
72Jun 27, '21Kate Winslet: We're starved for unfiltered women in media 👇1.4×02.5k33920
73Jan 20, '21Ruby Bridges, age 6, being escorted into school by U.S. marshals, when she became the first Black student to integrate an elementary school in the South, by Norman Rockwell. Madam 1.3×02.4k44126
74Jul 24, '20Reminder: women do not need to be polite to someone who is making them feel uncomfortable 👇1.3×02.1k56717
75Dec 22, '21Tag them ❤1.3×02.3k35215
76Sep 5, '20To the women who are labeled 👇1.3×01.9k58433
77Jan 8, '21"The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in." Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie1.3×02.3k40910
78Jul 26, '20"I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust de1.3×02k50020
79Apr 29, '21Male engineering student explains why his female class mates are not his equals and you're going to want to read to the end 👇1.2×02k44734
80Aug 6, '20Know her name: Jane Hinton was the scientist who made it possible for us to culture bacteria and test for antibiotic resistance. She was also one of the first African American wome1.2×01.8k55829
81Feb 21, '22"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us." Jane Goodall.1.2×02k44618
82May 5, '21"Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in." Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie1.2×02.3k26220
83Nov 29, '20Andy Murray 👏1.2×02.6k1667
84May 18, '21"Normalize women who don’t want kids. Normalize women who want kids AND a career ( & not out of necessity). Normalize women who want to be stay at home moms and women who don’t1.2×02k39517
85Jun 13, '2115-year-old Mikel Gómez was removed from class and forced to see a psychologist after wearing a skirt to school. Teachers and students across spain have responded by wearing skirts1.2×02.2k28213
86Sep 19, '20"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." Ruth Bader Ginsburg1.2×01.9k46421
87Feb 6, '21"I decided I wasn't bossy, I was strong. I wasn't loud. I was a young women with something important to say!" Michelle Obama1.1×02.2k32415
88Sep 6, '21"The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being & dignity. It's a decision she must make for herself. When the government controls 1.1×01.9k44813
89Oct 8, '20"I'm speaking" 👏 #KamalaHarris1.1×02.1k2986
90Nov 7, '20For the first time we can say Madam Vice President! Trailblazer Kamala Harris has just become the first female, black and Indian American Vice President 👏1.1×02.1k2462
91Jul 22, '20Benedict Cumberbatch will only sign on for an acting job if his female co-stars are paid the same as him. "Equal pay and a place at the table are the central tenets of feminism." W1.1×02k2913
92Oct 15, '20"Men don't age better than women, they're just allowed to age" - Carrie Fisher1.1×02k32220
93Jul 26, '21Pink just offered to pay the fine for the Norwegian women’s handball team 👏1.1×01.9k3583
94Oct 3, '20Lego had the right idea 👇1.1×01.9k35420
95Feb 12, '21“I am not the first woman to multitask. I am not the first woman to work and have a baby – there are many women who have done this before.” Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's youngest f1.1×02k2885
96Jun 8, '21"I feel like we should stop calling feminists 'feminists' and just start calling people who aren't feminist 'sexist'. You're either a normal person or a sexist" - Maisie Williams1.0×01.9k27515
97Nov 2, '20Jacinda Ardern appointed Nanaia Mahuta as New Zealand's foreign minister today. Mahuta is the country's first Indigenous woman foreign minister, and Ardern's incoming parliament lo1.0×01.8k2609
98Nov 8, '2048 US Vice Presidents since the office came into existence in 1789 and now: Kamala Harris. 👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻 👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻 👴🏻👴�0.9×01.9k2234
99Jan 13, '21“Having a daughter does not make a man decent. Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man” AOC0.9×01.8k2308

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