The Female Lead is an educational charity dedicated to finding the factors that limit women’s choices, fulfilment, and success. By listening to women through their stories, and understanding them through research and data, we aim to influence schools, business, and government in order to drive real change.

Founded by data entrepreneur Edwina Dunn OBE, the project highlights the breadth of female achievement in order to offer inspiration for future generations.

We offer a variety of spaces to present these stories including a book of 60 amazing women, donated to 18,000 schools in the UK and USA. We also have videos, a podcast, an engaged online and social presence and an outreach programme in schools, celebrating female role models who shape the world.