Meet Yehudis Fletcher

Her work sits at the intersection of policy, safeguarding, education reform, and religious life, focusing on empowering individuals within closed or high-control communities to recognise harm, pursue accountability, and drive change. She is the founder of Nahamu, a think tank addressing systemic harm within Charedi (ultra-Orthodox Jewish) communities, and is widely recognised for her expertise in safeguarding in religious contexts, including the prevention of forced marriage and so-called honour-based abuse.

Yehudis is the author of Chutzpah, a radical examination of individual power, and what it means to stay.. Chutzpah has informed policy discussions and academic debate in the UK and internationally. In 2025, she completed an MA in Religion and Theology at the University of Manchester, where she was awarded the Postgraduate Award for Achievement and the Bernard Jackson Prize.

She works with universities, research institutes, charities, and government bodies, offering advisory input and public-facing analysis on politically sensitive or poorly understood issues. She is frequently invited to speak where clarity, precision, and rigorous engagement with cultural context are required.

Her work includes guest lectures across law, gender, and theology programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level, research and policy advisory roles, and media commentary in the UK and internationally.

Yehudis brings an institutional lens to questions of faith, power, and responsibility, combining evidence, lived expertise, and a commitment to practical change.