Yehudis Fletcher is the co-founder of Nahamu, which combats culturally specific harms in the Jewish community, and is an independent sexual violence adviser with expertise in sexual violence in the Haredi community. She has particular interests in agency, personal autonomy and gender-based violence within closed communities. Her research interest is primarily focussed on Haredi communities in the U.K. She is a fellow at Kent University’s Department of Religious Studies and is a member of the Abuse in Religious Settings research team.
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