Helen Pankhurst

Helen Pankhurst
Dr. Helen Pankhurst at Broadcasting House, London during BBC 100 Women 2016
Born
Helen Pankhurst

1964 (age 61–62)
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Activist
  • Writer
  • International Development Expert
SpouseDavid Loakes
Children2
Parent(s)Richard Pankhurst
Rita Eldon

Helen Sylvia Pankhurst CBE (born 1964) is a British women's rights activist, scholar and writer. She is currently CARE International's senior advisor working in the United Kingdom and Ethiopia. She is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, who were both leaders in the suffragette movement. In 2018, Pankhurst convened Centenary Action, a cross-party coalition of over 100 activists, politicians and women's rights organisations campaigning to end barriers to women's political participation.