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Julia Gillard named as one of the BBC's top 100 women

Gillard is featured on the BBC 100 Women list for promoting education and leadership for women and girls.

Julia Gillard wants her official portrait in Parliament House to show that she was different.

Julia Gillard with her official portrait in Parliament House. Source: AAP

Former Australian Prime-Minister Julia Gillard has been named as one of BBC's 100 most inspiring and influential women from around the world.

Gillard is featured on the list for being Australia's first female prime minister and her work promoting education and leadership for women and girls.

She joins fellow Australian politician Kelly O' Dwyer who also made the list.

O' Dwyer serves as the Minister for Women and Industrial relations and is noted for being the first female Australian cabinet minister to give birth while serving in office.

The BBC 100 Women list includes women from more than 60 countries who have made their mark in politics, public service, business or in the community sector.

"Some will be telling us about what they will be putting in the Freedom Trash Can - our digital bin for all the items women feel hold them back," the BBC stated

Indonesian comedian Sakdiyah Maruf also made the list for her using comedy to discuss sexuality, religion and gender. 

The Good Place star Jameela Jamil was recognised for launching the social media platform @i_Weigh, calling  on social media followers to post about what they feel proud of to promote positive body image.

The youngest inclusion on the list is 15-year-old Haven Shepherd. Shepherd is a Vietnamese Paralympic hopeful, who survived a suicide bomb set off by her parents

Helen Taylor Thompson is the most senior honoree on the list. Thompson, 94 was part of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's "secret army", who sent coded messages to spies during World War Two.

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