Women & Girls Lead

Women and Girls Lead is an innovative public media initiative designed to focus, educate, and connect women, girls, and their allies.

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The global conversation is only beginning! Check out the #GirlConnected page for links to the film & panelists org. https://t.co/6tvTppzcQl

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“Going forward, no one gets paid more than the Queen.” Via @WomenintheWorld https://t.co/XH1hyy3YSG

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Indie storytellers at @WomenGirlsLead are showing us what gender equity is all about through a series of documentaries. Find out more here: https://t.co/kC8APwpsLV

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"How is our society going to progress if 50% of the population is not allowed to contribute?" - Lubna Olayan, CEO of Olayan Financing Company. https://t.co/0hng2YFdAD

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Lubna Olayan says for her first 18 years at the company, she was the only woman who worked there. Today, she'd like to see women grow to 30 percent of their Saudi personnel. https://t.co/GeU3EKZNdB

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“I think for me, as an actress who grew up watching everyone but myself, I think part of changing the narrative is changing the perspective of the narrative that’s being told." - @Lupita_Nyongo. Via @HuffPost https://t.co/0TgBLQ7zPT

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"Bao", @DisneyPixar's newest short film, is the first short to be directed by a woman (Domee Shi) and feature a Chinese-American production designer (Rona Liu). Via @BBCWorld https://t.co/wIfY5JWOqt

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"New evidence shows that documentary films can improve women’s and girls’ lives" -Kimberly Sevcik, Director of International Engagement @ITVSIndies https://t.co/F12Rgp5NZC

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"It isn't where you came from, it's where you're going that counts." Happy birthday to "The First Lady of Song", @EllaFitzgerald!

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"...the first statue in the square to be designed by a woman. The statue is holding a placard that reads “courage calls to courage everywhere”. Via @washingtonpost https://t.co/J3kkCv0LxW

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Faces of Change: Fanuel - Women and Girls Lead https://t.co/IRLhx4KrWY via @WomenGirlsLead @MenEngageKenyaNtwk @KateGithae Faces of positive masculinity.

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"While we remain much too far from gender parity in global leadership, there are more women than ever on this year’s TIME 100—proof that there are ways of changing the world beyond traditional power structures." - @TIME Editor-in-Chief. Via @USATODAY https://t.co/KVEoyXHoFC

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"She’s not even going to bring more seats to the table—she’s going to turn the table over and build a new one."- @itsgabrielleu https://t.co/anAXIkh6ee

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"The 'Delhi Gang Rape' brought Indians together and to increasingly ask, why are women so unsafe outside their homes?... In a recent UN survey, 9 out of 10 women reported being sexually harassed in public spaces in New Delhi." Via @nytimes https://t.co/gU5EvEmukf

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"Today, girls are challenging gender norms, breaking boundaries, building businesses and changing not only the communities they live in but the whole world." - Ukonwa Ojo, Senior Vice President of @COVERGIRL. Via @TeenVogue https://t.co/k6IDcnGn4I

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"Gender equality and feminism cannot evolve in our humanity if we're not brining our boys and men along." - Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. Via @WomenintheWorld https://t.co/2wiQrEzfot

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“Every girl child in India faces gender discrimination at home, and I am no exception. But I chose to fight.” - SUJATA GOPAL Via @WorldPulse https://t.co/BevDxPKDvN

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"It’s among TV’s most fiercely feminist visions, a series that subverts traditionally masculine genres like the cowboy serial and the sci-fi mind bender by giving women, well, a seat at the table." Via @TIME https://t.co/9sVpRWku3J

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"I think we can move towards peace if women get more and more positions in parliament and more and more positions as president." - former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter. Via @TR_Foundation https://t.co/RTYz9puxqw

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"One reliable way to help people to see more women as leader-like, Professor Nilanjana Dasgupta has found, is to expose them to more women in actual leadership positions." Via @nytimes https://t.co/z9ZZRhJNBK

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A local told the Hindustan Times: "We rushed to the area and found that the girl had put the three youths on the ground. She told us that she punished them for misbehaving with her.” Via @WomenintheWorld https://t.co/ib1bkMoLBa

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Wakanda Forever! Via @TIME https://t.co/rDp723YtQa