About me

June writes on issues such as FGM, child marriage, and violence against women. She is a journalist and blogger for The Guardian and the New Statesman as well as Cosmopolitan, and in September 2016 she joined Penguin Random House to take part in their year-long entry-level programme The Scheme. In 2016, the BBC included her in the list of 100 Women for "inspirational and influential women for 2016".

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Projects

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  Victory - feminism and female political thinkers reinstated on A-Level Politics syllabusChange.org, January 2016
• How far have we come in a year in the fight against FGM and child marriage?newstatesman.com, July 2015 A year after the Girl Summit's commitments were made to end female genital mutilation, it is time to assess the progress against the practice in Britain and globally.
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  This student took 400 low-income girls of colour to see Hidden FiguresHuck Magazine, 25th February 2017

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  This International Women’s Day 2019, meet 100 trailblazers redefining the creative industryDiscover our 2020 list here This International Women’s Day, we’ve launched our latest ‘10x10’ – asking 10 influential industry icons to each nominate 10 trailblazing women and non-binary people who they believe are redefining the creator landscape. The result? An incredible list of 100 trailblazers inspiring change. Our list will be accompanied by a takeover on The Dots – look out for brilliant profiles and projects on the platform as we aim to inspire, as important as ever when considering ‘88

Skills

• Writing
• Journalism