Women Who Win: Celebrating courage, conviction and change

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Across history, women were told to sit down, smile, and stay quiet. Spoiler alert- they didn't. They spoke out, stood tall - and ruined the patriarchy's day. Because of them, women won. Journalist and human rights advocate Antoinette Lattouf takes us on a gripping journey through women who defied expectations and shattered cultural and legal barriers - often while being told to calm down. From Australia's first female law graduate to Indigenous leaders resisting colonisation, pioneers in sport and science, #MeToo movements and the migrant women behind the Jobs for Women- some you'll recognise, others you'll wish you'd known sooner. Threaded through is Lattouf's own story - a searingly honest account of challenging powerful systems and entrenched beliefs. Together, these stories reveal the triumphs and precedents - but also the stumbles and cost of disrupting the status quo. Women Who Win is a fierce, unflinching celebration of grit, guts, and glorious defiance. These women didn't just show up - they came to rewrite the rules and never asked for permission. Less history lesson, more history's mic drop - and now, the stage is yours. Armed with the lessons of those who came before us - what fight will you take on What victories are within your reach today

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Antoinette Lattouf is an award winning journalist, presenter, podcaster, author and human rights advocate whose surname has now become a verb-Lattoufed- to be sacked or silenced for standing your ground. Her case, Lattouf v ABC, became a flashpoint in debates about free speech, institutional cowardice, and what happens when a journalist speaks truth to (media) power. She's the co-founder of Media Diversity Australia, co-creator of independent media company Ette Media, a TEDx speaker, and a regular fixture on lists like the AFR's 100 Women of Influence. Her first book, How to Lose Friends and Influence White People, somehow won her friends. She's now finishing her second-Women Who Win-an exploration of women who saw the rulebook, chuckled and used it as a coaster. Known for wielding humour like a weapon-equal parts shield and scalpel-Lattouf's work spans commercial and public broadcasting, boardrooms, courtrooms, and the occasional Murdoch media pile-on. And no, she's not done yet.