# 159 - Women Leading Change in Education Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-international-schools-podcast-1176866/159-women-leading-change-in-education Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-international-schools-podcast-1176866/159-women-leading-change-in-education.md Podcast: [The International Schools Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-international-schools-podcast-1176866) Published: 2025-07-07T04:22:08+00:00 Episode link: https://www.theinternationalschoolspodcast.com/e/159-women-leading-change-in-education/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yerps8276p6t7d76/159_-_Women_Leading_Change_in_Educationb6fhj.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-international-schools-podcast-1176866/episodes/159-women-leading-change-in-education Duration seconds: 3459 ## Resource Empowering women in education to lead with confidence, challenge barriers, and drive change.Liz Free CEO International School RheitnalCo-Strategic Lead Europe WomenEdVivienne Porritt OBECo-founder Global Strategic Leader #WomenEdNancy SquicciariniHead of the Middle Leader Certificate for ECIS Co-Strategic Lead Europe WomenEdAbout Liz FreeLiz Free is a co-founder of #WomenEd Nederlands and Strategic Leader for #WomenEd Europe. Liz has been a teacher and head teacher in some of the world’s leading schools and is now a globally recognised leader of education talent, continuing professional development and learning. Liz was the founding Director of the International Leadership Academy, the British School in the Netherlands and is now CEO and Director of the International School Rheintal in Switzerland. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-free/ About Vivienne Porritt Vivienne Porritt OBE is Co-founder, Trustee and Global Strategic Leader of #WomenEd, a global charity which empowers aspiring and existing women leaders in education.Vivienne supports school and trust leaders with vision, strategy, professional learning and development, impact evaluation and DEIJ. She is a former Vice President of the Chartered College of Teaching and holds several governance roles.Vivienne is a former secondary headteacher and Director for School Partnerships at University College London Institute of Education. She is a coach and writes for practitioner and academic journals and is co-editor. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivienne-porritt-obe-frsa-fcct/ About Nancy SquicciariniNancy is Head of the Middle Leader Certificate for the Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS). With over 35 years of experience as an international school educator, she has held several… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-international-schools-podcast-1176866/episodes/159-women-leading-change-in-education/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-international-schools-podcast-1176866/159-women-leading-change-in-education.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.