Katherine (Kat) is a qualified lawyer who thrives at the intersections of law, gender, sexuality and human rights. Kat started her career in SRHR at IPPF, where mentorship from colleagues, young people and Member Associations shaped her understanding of and stoked her passion for human rights work globally. In 2014, she left London and IPPF for Cairo, Egypt and freelancing. Since then, Kat has worked with organisations such as Center for Reproductive Rights, Ipas, WHO, Rutgers, Asia Pacific Transgender Network and AJWS on policy and legal analyses, evaluation, research, strategy development, academic writing and advocacy. 

Kat strongly believes in the importance of grounding both the process and content of her work in intersectional, sex positive, transformative approaches that center the realities and voices of individuals and communities. She fully recognizes the life-long process of learning and unlearning inherent to international ‘development’ work and endeavours to bring humility and an open mind and heart to all she does.

Kat attended Boston University, where she graduated with a BA in Spanish after having explored world religions and political science along the way. In 2006, she graduated with an MSc in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and was called to the bar in 2012. She’s currently based in Singapore, where she lives with her partner and two sons.