Sophie Harman is a Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London with over fifteen years of experience working on global health politics. She's worked in/with Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, Geneva and Washington DC, UN Women, the Fawcett Society, and advised the UK govt on the COVID-19 pandemic. She's written for the Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, The Conversation, and Tortoise, and has appeared as an expert on television and radio for BBC News, BBC Wales, LBC, and BBC Radio 5 Live. In 2016 she was selected to join the BBC's Expert Women programme. In 2019 she was nominated for a BAFTA for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer for the narrative feature film she co-wrote and produced, Pili.
A powerful and inspiring must-read * Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women * Radical and thought-provoking, this book should drive us all to action - and the author tells us how * Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain * Illuminating, accessible and important * Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, author of Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing * Sophie Harman has gathered both the disturbing and heartbreaking facts and the vital possibilities open to all of us for action and engagement * Stella Duffy, OBE *