Contribute to Women Who Lead

At Women Who Lead, we welcome high-quality, original content that informs, inspires, and empowers women in leadership, business, and professional careers.

If you have an article, opinion piece, leadership insight, case study or success story that aligns with our editorial focus, we invite you to submit it for editorial consideration. We are particularly interested in content covering leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, workplace culture, diversity and inclusion, career development, finance, technology, health and wellbeing, and other topics relevant to women making an impact.

All submissions are reviewed by our editorial team and assessed based on their relevance, originality, quality, and suitability for our audience. Please note that submitting an article does not guarantee publication.

Publication of editorial content is at the sole discretion of the Editor. All articles may be edited for clarity, style, grammar, length, formatting and compliance with our editorial standards. The Editor reserves the right to decline any submission that does not align with the publication’s editorial direction or quality requirements.

If your article is not selected for editorial publication, you may choose to publish it as sponsored content through one of our paid content solutions, which offer guaranteed publication, subject to compliance with our advertising and publishing guidelines.

If your article is selected for publication, a member of our editorial team will contact you with the next steps.

Submission Guidelines & Editorial Requirements

To help us review your submission efficiently, please ensure your article meets the following requirements:

Articles should be 600–1,200 words in length.
Submissions should be informative, well-researched and relevant to our audience of women leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals.
Where applicable, please include links to credible sources to support factual claims and statistics.
One high-resolution landscape header image (minimum 1200wide x 628high pixels).
Any additional supporting images, charts or infographics (where relevant).
You must own the rights to any images submitted or have permission to use them.

How to Submit

Please email your submission and supporting assets to content@womenwholead.co.za with the subject line: Article Submission – [Your Article Title]

Our editorial team will acknowledge receipt and review your submission as soon as possible.

Editorial Policy

All submissions are reviewed by our editorial team and assessed for relevance, originality, quality and suitability for our audience. Submission of an article does not guarantee publication.

Publication of editorial content is at the sole discretion of the Editor. Articles may be edited for clarity, grammar, style, formatting, length and compliance with our editorial standards. We reserve the right to decline submissions that do not align with our editorial direction.

If your article is not selected for editorial publication, you may choose to publish it as Sponsored Content through one of our paid publishing packages. Sponsored Content provides guaranteed publication (subject to compliance with our advertising and publishing guidelines) and is clearly labelled to ensure transparency with our readers.

We appreciate your interest in contributing to Women Who Lead and look forward to receiving your submission.