Conquering the mountain for equality

A global traveller, Laura Youngson recently led a group of women to the top of Kilimanjaro to set a soccer world record for the highest altitude match. She co-founded the Equal Playing Field project to shine a spotlight on the gender inequalities that exist in sport and inspire women and girls to challenge these norms.   A global traveller, Laura Youngson recently led a group of women to the top of Kilimanjaro to set a soccer world record for the highest altitude match. She co-founded the Equal Playing Field project to shine a spotlight on the gender inequalities that exist in sport and inspire women and girls to challenge these norms.

She recently moved to Melbourne to study a Masters of Entrepreneurship at the University of Melbourne having lived and worked in Brazil, Azerbaijan, Mozambique and the Middle East.