Keynote Speakers
DR VICTORIA BOYDELL
Visiting Fellow (Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute)
I am an anthropologist interested in women’s experiences of reproductive technologies, particularly contraceptives. I am currently undertaking research on women’s experience of a range of reproductive technologies over the life course using longitudinal qualitative data in the UK. I also work in applied public health research to better integrate rights-based approaches to contraceptive information and service provision globally. I have also co-authored, with Katharine Dow, the edited collection on Nature and Ethics Across Geographical, Rhetorical and Human Borders (2018).
TAYLOR BURGESS
International Human Rights Fellow, British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Taylor Burgess is a Bernstein International Human Rights Fellow with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, where she is preparing a human rights report on the provision of long-acting reversible contraception in the UK. Taylor holds an LL.M from Yale University and a BA/LLB(Hons) from the University of Auckland. She has previously worked in health and social services litigation for the New Zealand Crown Law Office.
PROF. BRID FEATHERSTONE
Professor of Social Work,
University of Huddersfield
Brid Featherstone joined the University of Huddersfield in October 2015 as Professor of Social Work. She qualified as a social worker and worked in the field of social work from 1982-1992. Brid has been involved in social work education and research since then, and has worked at universities in Ireland, England and Germany. Brid has an international reputation in the areas of gender, fathers and child protection. Her recent co-authored book (with Sue White and Kate Morris) 'Re-imagining Child Protection: towards humane social work with families' has been highly influential and led to invitations to speak and advise on reforming child protection nationally and internationally. An article with White and Morris 'A marriage made in hell: early intervention meets child protection’, British Journal of Social Work, 44, 1735-1749 won the Kay McDougall prize for article of the year in 2015.
PROF. LESLEY HOGGART
School of Health, Wellbeing, and Social Care (Open University)
Professor Lesley Hoggart is the Director of Research for the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at the Open University. Her research interests are focused on reproductive health; abortion policy and politics; teenage pregnancy and motherhood; and sexual health. Her recent publications include:
- 2017, Hoggart, L. ‘Internalised abortion stigma: young women’s strategies of resistance and rejection’, Feminism and Psychology;
- 2016, Hoggart, L. ‘Collaboration or collusion? Involving research users in applied social research’, Women’s Studies International Forum;
- 2015, Hoggart, L. and Newton, V. ‘The contraceptive implant: understanding how experiencing side effects may challenge bodily control and lead to removal’, Reproductive Health Matters.
Her academic career is characterised by public engagement activities; public lectures; and engagement with policy-makers and practitioners. She regularly appears on discussion panels following theatre productions with an abortion story-line.
HANNAH MOROWA
Safeguarding Lead and WOMENMATTA Project Manchester, Women in Prison
Hannah Morowa has worked for Women in Prison for nearly 10 years, and has managed their Manchester projects including WomenMATTA, an innovative women’s centre, since 2014. Hannah’s entire career has focused on supporting and promoting the rights of women, including in domestic and sexual abuse settings, and housing and homelessness services. Hannah has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology and a Master’s in Social Work.
CLARE MURPHY
Director of External Affairs, British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Clare Murphy is Director of External Affairs at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and the Principal Investigator of the Wellcome funded WRISK project, which aims to improve the communication of risk in pregnancy. Clare runs the communications department at bpas, which is responsible for the charity’s advocacy, campaigns, media work, and education programmes. She is also a board member of the European Consortium for Emergency Contraception (ECEC), which works to expand knowledge about and access to EC within the European region. Before joining bpas in 2010 Clare worked for the BBC as a health and science journalist, with a particular interest in women’s health.
JULIA HOGAN
Nurse Consultant (Marie Stopes UK)
I trained as a nurse in the 1980s and have worked as a children’s nurse, Macmillan nurse and a health visitor in the past. I moved into reproductive health in 2004 and have worked in this speciality since then. I am the contraception nurse consultant at Marie Stopes UK where my role is oversee and improve post abortion contraception. I also have a small NHS contract as a nurse trainer.