Choosing the right career path can be a daunting prospect. Edwina Dunn OBE, founder of The Female Lead is committed to inspiring and...

Inspiring confidence in heroes of the future This autumn The Female Lead will be taking a new direction and connecting with primary...

Students with The Female Lead, Volume II Challney High School for Girls (CHSG) in Luton held a fantastic Women’s Festival Careers Event,...

Author, journalist and amputee Ella Dove explains the importance of representation – in the workplace and beyond. A few months after my...

By guest contributor Alice Saldanha Photo by dolgachov on Envato Reshma Saujani’s 2016 TED talk ‘Teach girls bravery, not perfection’ has...

Written by guest contributor Stacey Soluade Kate Stanforth was training to be a professional ballet dancer when suddenly, one morning at...

Written by guest contributor Monika Mandal Photo by thananit_s on envato Every young woman should have the opportunity to enjoy the...

Olivia McConnell writes on behalf of her company, Mercury, about creating Puzzlette, a double-sided jigsaw puzzle and board game,...

By guest contributor Grace Vella, aged 24 I still find it strange when someone refers to me an 'entrepreneur'. I remember I had to do a...

A Message from Ana Maria Medici, Author of Dear Mrs. President Powerful women start with confident girls. As a former Pre-Kindergarten...

The Daily Feminist is an organization created by Aishwarya Heran, Adelaide Ellerbeck, and Julia Kyi, three Canadian high school students...

There is a growing panic around young people and social media, especially during lockdown. Social media use has boomed during Covid-19,...

an engineers fix everything? Do you have to be a genius to become an engineer? Are all engineers boring white guys? Watch the short...

Coding from the age of 7 made Avye determined to inspire and encourage young girls like her to see the world of STEM as an exciting space...

I graduated from the UWE with a Master’s degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering and I am now a Flight Systems Engineer at BAE Systems....

Abby Dixon, award-winning business owner and consultant, accredited CIM trainer and ICF certified coach aka The Whole You Coach The...

In this blog post Kim Leary, CEO of Squibble, shares her experience of dealing with imposter syndrome and offers some tips on how you can...

Picture a pilot. Is that pilot a man? If so, you’re probably right. Men make up 95% of all the pilots in America. Five decades of...

We're so excited to announce the arrival of The Female Lead's first-ever podcast! The Making Of... is an 8-part series launching next...

Image courtesy of Sasha Louise Pallari Sasha Louise Pallari is a makeup artist and curve model who uses her platform to empower women to...

Meet Holly Budge, a world-class adventurer with a couple of world records under her belt, including being the first woman to skydive...

Interview by Stacey Soluade Photo: Tom Griffiths tomgphoto.co.uk Libby Jackson is one of Britain’s leading human spaceflight experts and...

By Guest Editor Joe O’Brien I’m a Trainee Health Psychologist based in Dublin, Ireland where I also run the Instagram page @headfirst0,...

Ahead of International Women’s Day we invite you to join the celebration by nominating an amazing woman in your life. Whether it’s your...

Women have come a long way throughout the years from gaining the right to vote, to being able to join engineering institutions and flying...

Body positivity has its roots in the fat acceptance movement of the late 1960s which focused on ending the culture of fat-shaming and...

Written by Mimi Nwosu I started my A-levels with high hopes of becoming a medical professional. A-levels were the hardest period of my...

"The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come from nature. Yet,...

Photo by Bermix Studio on Unsplash The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on our lives. Even though some countries have started...

Meet Rachna Reiter, a role model for aspiring female pilots! What is your background? What sparked your interest in becoming a pilot? My...

Written by Carolina Veloso, Campus Manager at Wild Code School After completing a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Economics in the...

Currently, less than 30 percent of researchers worldwide are women! Stereotypes and biases are steering women and girls away from...

Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), an issue that remains prevalent today across the globe...

Bio: Hope Virgo is the Author of Stand Tall Little Girl, and an international multi award winning leading advocate for people with eating...

We are so pleased to announce that we have now donated 18,000 Female Lead books to schools, colleges and universities in the UK and USA....

Who is Caroline Criado-Perez Caroline Criado Perez is a writer, broadcaster and award-winning feminist campaigner. Caroline followed her...

Article written by Shalina Patel, Head of Teaching at Claremont High School Academy in Middlesex & Pearson Teaching Awards Silver Winner...

Noorjahan Akbar is an internationally acclaimed gender equality and human rights activist. She has led nation-wide campaigns and protests...

Image by Anders Hellberg - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Great Thunberg is a trailblazing climate activist who has addressed world leaders and...

Professor Dame Jessica Corner Professor Dame Jessica Corner is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange) at the University of...

Did you always want to join the Army? Absolutely! When I was younger, I was really keen to join the Army and applied for the TA which I...

Today we launch our Social Media Pledge, to promote healthier and more positive social media use amongst teens and young people. The...

Half a million girls from Girlguiding groups in the UK have pledged to save our planet from plastic pollution under Girlguiding's...

What is The Female Lead Society? The Female Lead Society is a club you can set up in schools, colleges, universities or organisations, to...

Hannah Robathan and Isabella Pearce are the co-founders of shado, a multimedia platform driving change at the intersection of arts,...

Whenever the topics of space exploration, rocketry or astronomy are mentioned, a host of ideas come to mind. Images of engineers...

Asma moved to Cambridge from Calcutta in 1991 to join her academic husband. She is Rajput on her father’s side and Bengali on her...

There’s a real buzz around women’s sport right now and it’s fair to say that this year’s World Cup might be one of the most important...

In 2012, at just 22 years old, Julianne Ponan acquired Creative Nature taking on the position of owner and CEO, with just one other...

At aged 9, Adriana Brownlee was the youngest person to complete the Three Peaks Challenge in under 24 hours. She is now aiming to become...