Award for The Independent's Siobhan Fenton
Award recognises outstanding work in areas of sexual health education, rights and support for women of all ages
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Your support makes all the difference.The Independent’s Health and Social Affairs Correspondent Siobhan Fenton has been named this year’s winner of the Rosemary Goodchild Award for her coverage of the Northern Irish abortion ban.
The award was made as part of the FPA sexual health charity awards and celebrates the outstanding work in the areas of sexual health education, rights and support for women of all ages.
The judges unanimously chose Siobhan as the winner for her article: “The UK’s abortion shame: Northern Ireland urged to stop prosecuting women under abortion ban”.
The judges said: “All of the judges were impressed by the way Siobhan approached her story, to give not just an overview of the politics of the abortion issue and why the UK Government has a human rights responsibility for all its citizens, but also to remind us of the real women affected by the restrictive abortion law in Northern Ireland. Being able to share some of their stories made it a very powerful article.”
You can read Siobhan’s article in full here.
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