Judges
Afsana Lachaux
Afsana is a survivor and campaigner for women’s access to justice. She is Director of the Sweaty Betty Foundation, a global charity focused on empowering women and girls to lead healthy and active lives. She was joint winner of the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize in 2019.
Jade Blue McCrossen-Nethercott
Jade is a survivor-advocate and founder of Make Yourself Heard, a platform using art, storytelling, and activism to challenge injustice and amplify survivors’ voices. After successfully suing the CPS over its handling of her rape case, she now campaigns for systemic change and recently launched the Right to Be Reviewed campaign. Her story is featured in the BBC documentary Sexsomnia: Case Closed. Jade Blue is a previous winner of the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize/ Centre for Women’s Justice Award (2023/2024).
Karen Ingala Smith
Karen has more than 35 years’ experience in the women’s sector encompassing frontline delivery, operational and strategic management, governance and research. In 2012 she started Counting Dead Women recording and commemorating women killed by men in the UK and is is a co-founder and Executive Director of the Femicide Census. She is an Ambassador for nia, a charity providing services for women, girls and children who have been subjected sexual and domestic violence, including prostitution. Karen’s first book 'Defending Women’s Spaces', looks at the importance of single-sex spaces, particularly for women who have been subjected to men’s violence.
Fiona Broadfoot
Fiona has worked to end violence against women and girls for the past 30 years. She is Founder and CEO of Build A Girl UK. Fiona waived her anonymity to fight to have her own criminal convictions and those of other women arising from street prostitution expunged. She was the first winner of the EHMP award in 1998.
Julie Bindel
Julie is a journalist, author, and longtime feminist campaign against male violence towards women and girls. She is also one of the founding trustees of the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize.
Rosie Lewis
Rosie is Co-Director of Project Resist . Her work, writing and politics are informed by her roots in anarcha-socialist punk DIY music, collectivist organising and activism. She has three decades of advocacy and movement building experience to end violence against black, minoritised and migrant women and girls alongside work with children and young survivors of violence and abuse and women subject to detention and incarceration. Her work has included frontline advocacy and management roles and the development of a wide range of women and children’s services including safe accommodation. More recently Rosie has worked in national social and cultural policy, research, training and consultancy roles.
Selma Taha
Selma is the Executive Director of Southall Black Sisters. She has worked for more than a decade in a sector dedicated to reducing and eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, this includes roles at nia Project, Advance Charity, and Victim Support.