An empowering new statue has appeared in London beside an effigy of “St George and the Dragon” – depicting a female version of the English patron saint, slaying a dragon from the back of a BMX bike.
Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8th, the “Georgina and the Dragon” statue was designed in partnership with Girlguiding Advocates – the UK's largest youth organisation dedicated to girls – to level the playing field.
Sitting triumphantly on her BMX bike, brandishing a rounders bat in the air, Georgina is depicted slaying a dragon that is covered in outdated gender stereotypes that young girls still feel they face today.
