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#WomenLead (Issue 55): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello, and welcome to Issue 55!

A tweet caught our attention last week, and we thought we’d share it with you. Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo suggests that the word “underrepresented” be replaced by “historically excluded”. The argument is that language matters: our words should actively recognize discrimination instead of underplaying it by being neutral. In thi…