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#WomenLead (Issue 53): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello, and welcome to Issue 53!

For anyone who observes social media keenly, it would be evident how hostile that space can be for women, especially for women who use their voice to question those in power and/or challenge patriarchal norms. 

In the book Women and Power (which some of you may have noticed, we love to refer to), Mary Beard observes that th…