In this event we celebrate women in art, inspired by the incredible Barbican exhibitions of the groundbreaking Carolee Schneemann and the...

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An eccentric array of extravagance, electrical cats and charging female roles - 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain' features Benedict...

The girl in the woolly hat at the tiny village of Elgol on the Isle of Skye summed it up: “I’ve realised,” she said, almost shocked at...

How far have we come and how far have we got to go? There have been many initiatives made by governments across the globe and...

When photographer Stephanie Goldfinger was left stuck in Bali with no money after Covid caused her flights to be cancelled, she had no...

As we near the end of a tumultuous year, in which women in particular have faced ugly and sometimes catastrophic difficulties, we wanted...

Meet artist and activist Maliha Abidi, a Pakistani-American artist and illustrator, based in the UK, whose work is dedicated to women’s...

261 Fearless founders Dr Juliet McGrattan and Edith Zuschmann tell The Female Lead how they help women to lead a sustainable, healthy,...

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Leslee Udwin, formerly a filmmaker, is now a human rights campaigner. She won the 2015 Anna Lindh Prize for human rights activism and the...

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Navigating power dynamics has been a recurring theme in my professional tenure. We know what that power looks like - it's about...

Jenn Tardy tells us how as a society , specifically within the workplace, we need to take a step back to asses our intentions for...

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Today, on World Suicide Prevention Day, Youth Mental Health Campaigner Suzanne Samaka is pushing everyone to do more to protect young...

In a viral post on LinkedIn, Deladem Dzotsi shares her experience of passing The Bar on her 24th birthday. "27.05.21. Called to the Bar...