Leah Jewett

Leah Jewett is Director of Outspoken Sex Ed, a writer and editor. She grew up in 1960s San Francisco and went to Barnard College/Columbia University in New York. After 19 years at the Guardian as deputy chief sub-editor of the Observer Magazine, she took voluntary redundancy to go down the route of relationships and sex education (RSE).

A trained focus-group facilitator, she was Working Group Lead on RSE for the Women’s Equality Party from 2017-19 and sits on both the International Advisory Board of Media Matters For Women and the Education Panel of Our Streets Now.

Leah brings her writing skills and research expertise to bear on her passion for both empowering girls/women and addressing issues around masculinity. She is driven by an interest in hearing people question things and open up, and particularly focuses on the impact of porn on kids and the interrelationship of pleasure and consent.