Protecting human rights in childbirth

Registered Charity Number 1151152

Our Trustees

Krystal Lashley-Scrivener

Interim Chair

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Naomi Allen

Trustee

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Amelia Christie

Trustee

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Dr Ria Clarke

Trustee

Róisín Mulroney

Trustee

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Tatheer Fatima

Trustee

Dr Annabel Sowemimo

Trustee

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Elise Denis-Ramirez

Trustee

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Interim Chair

Krystal Lashley-Scrivener

Krystal Lashley-Scrivener has over a decade’s experience in the Charity sector, specialising in High Net Worth Individuals and Corporate engagement. Her ability to maintain, build and grow donor/stakeholder relationships both regionally and internationally has contributed to her success. Krystal has three young children herself, and her own experiences during pregnancy motivate her to seek a better experience for all mothers in the future. She has also used her voice to advocate for persons of colour within the sector, through the Antiracism Initiative she set up with two former colleagues. Krystal will be also stepping in as interim chair and hopes to bring her experience not only as a fundraiser, but also as a woman of colour.

Trustee

Naomi Allen

Naomi is a Senior Director at Videre, a non-profit organisation supporting oppressed communities to use customised technology to document human rights violations. Naomi is an experienced trainer and facilitator and has spent the last ten years working closely with the communities Videre serves, to ensure they have the resources and expertise needed to do this challenging work.

Prior to Videre, Naomi was a fellow of the Free Word Centre in London, an arts organisation focused on the power and politics of words, bringing together artistic and activist communities in the city to have critical conversations about society, culture and politics. Naomi began her career working for a number of years with Video Volunteers, an NGO based in India, supporting the development of their flagship IndiaUnheard programme – a news agency for India’s marginalised communities.

Naomi is mother to two young daughters and feels strongly committed to advocating for rights and respect during pregnancy and childbirth.

Trustee

Amelia Christie

Amelia has worked in social change advocacy for over 15 years both domestically and internationally. She was previously the Head of International Policy and Advocacy at UNICEF UK where one of the areas in her portfolio was maternal and newborn health. Before that she ran an advocacy organisation, RESULTS International (Australia), which builds the political will to end extreme poverty.

Trustee

Dr Ria Clarke

Dr Ria Clarke is an obstetrics and gynaecology registrar in the South of England.
Throughout her training she has dedicated herself to learning how to amplify the voices of the individuals and families she cares for. Her clinical work involves training within the hospital environment to care for people with reproductive organs at formative periods in their lives. This includes medical and surgical interventions.
Outside of the hospital environment, this passion has led to Dr Clarke presenting at international conferences about the impact of severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, and working with her alma mater to support non traditional medical students become doctors. Her most recent advocacy has focused on the racial disparities in maternal mortality between Black, white and Asian women. This has involved collaborations with agencies such as the BBC, and the charity Tommys.

Balancing the demands of raising a family with such an emotionally charged job has equipped Dr Clarke with vital juggling skills, whilst also making her appreciate how important work life balance is.

Dr Clarke is married with two children and when she isn’t working, she enjoys sewing, travel and learning about her heritage.

Trustee

Róisín Mulroney

Róisín is an awarded communications strategist, mum of three and birth nerd. She is a Strategy Director at advertising agency Adam&EveDDB and brings over a decade of experience in effective communication strategy across branding, campaigns & content. She has a BSc in Biochemistry and a PGCE in Chemistry. Róisín believes women and birthing people deserve nothing less than to be empowered, supported and respected to make their own informed choices in pregnancy and birth, something that is devastatingly absent from many people’s maternity care. 

Trustee

Dr Annabel Sowemimo

Dr Annabel Sowemimo is a doctor, academic, activist, and writer. She is a London based Consultant in Community Sexual & Reproductive Health in the NHS, she is founder of charity the Reproductive Justice Initiative (RJI) (formerly Decolonising Contraception), which aims to address health inequalities and racial disparities. They have been shortlisted for numerous awards, winning grassroots organisation of the year at the 2020 Sexual Health Awards and a National LGBTQ Health Advisor award in 2022. Annabel won the inaugural award for Health Equity Champion at the Curah-H Awards 2024.

Annabel is a part-time PhD candidate and Harold Moody Scholar at King’s College London with her research focusing on the experiences of Black women in Britain with fertility control methods. She is a regular lecturer at a number of institutions including the London School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, University College London and King’s College London.

Annabel firmly believes that healthcare should be about empowering people with knowledge to make informed choices about their bodies. She spends her spare time campaigning on reproductive justice, against NHS cuts and improving healthcare for marginalised groups.

Her first book Divided: Racism, Medicine and Decolonising Healthcare was published by Profile Books/Wellcome Collection in April 2023 and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political non-fiction.

Trustee

Elise Denis-Ramirez

Elise Denis-Ramirez is a Danish-Chilean researcher and consultant specialised in gender and reproductive justice. With nearly a decade of experience, her expertise includes sexual and reproductive health, abortion rights, and gender-based violence across civil society and academia.

Trustee

Tatheer Fatima

Tatheer is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of audit experience, specialising in the international aid and development sector. Tatheer has strong experience in quality assurance, audits, and monitoring and evaluation aspects of project implementation. Furthermore, having spent time in the not-for-profit sector, Tatheer has hands-on experience enhancing/integrating organisational financial reporting mechanisms with external evaluations and recommendations while considering the practical challenges involved.

She believes human rights are universal and for everyone – not a privilege.