Alesha De Freitas (She/Her) is Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Barnardo’s. Prior to this role she worked at the Fawcett Society, on issues including childcare reform and the ethnicity motherhood penalty, and prior to that spent 15 years in the Civil Service working on economic, regulatory and trade policy. She is passionate about feminism, inclusivity, and coffee. Alesha has two children and lives in East London.
Our vision is a world where the mothers, parents and families of today and tomorrow thrive.
But the reality right now is mothers, parents and families are repeatedly failed by systems that are supposed to help them, systems which set up unfairness and disadvantage across a lifetime. This is the motherhood penalty, and Pregnant Then Screwed exists to challenge it.
Founded on International Women’s Day in 2015, we are rooted in lived experience and driven by fearless conviction. We challenge the systems that hold mothers back so that everyone who experiences motherhood can work and care without penalty. We campaign for change, offer support and advice, and build community with parents across the UK. We do this with power, courage and love.
