Rebecca Schiller

Rebecca Schiller is a journalist, author, campaigner, media spokesperson and doula, who advocates for women’s rights in pregnancy and childbirth.

She is chief executive of the human rights in childbirth charity Birthrights, and a regular contributor to, among others, the Guardian, The Pool, Broadly and Motherland, commenting on birth-related issues. Her work is endorsed by policy makers and high-profile mothers such as Kirstie Allsopp and Christy Turlington.

Why Human Rights in Childbirth Matter was published in September 2016 by Pinter & Martin, and Rebecca’s definitive guide to pregnancy and childbirth, Your No-Guilt Pregnancy Plan: A Revolutionary Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and the Weeks That Follow, is published by Penguin Life.