Leading Ladies

Little girls need strong female role models, heroines to look up to and help them realise their own potential, believe in themselves, inspire them to dream big and break glass ceilings. When they get a chance to see other women achieving great things, particularly those succeeding in fields long dominated by men, it opens their eyes to possibilities and spurs their ambitions.

With that said, we have gathered ten strong, influential women, some of whom have blazed the trails in their respective fields, and asked them to share life lessons and experiences that have shaped them to become who they are today.

Let’s face it, no matter what stage of life you’re in, there’ll always be challenges, and with it the accompanying doubts and impostor syndrome. Girls and women tend to underestimate their abilities more than the opposite gender, therefore they hold themselves back.

When we see women confidently embracing their unique strengths and defying stereotypes—as the women in these pages do—it emboldens others to take a leap of faith in themselves.

Are you ready to hear what they have