Alice Chilcott

Alice Chilcott’s research examines the intersection between "youth-ledness" and adolescents' experiences of sexual and reproductive citizenship. Her project seeks to critically interrogate how youth-ledness is understood, defined and enacted by youth-led organisations in Kenya, and how it produces and shapes organisations' impact on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights outcomes. Her mixed-methods, participatory approach aims to centre adolescent and youth knowledge whilst moving beyond existing process-focussed evaluations of youth-led initiatives.

Before studying at LSE, Alice oversaw a grant portfolio of young feminist movements and reproductive rights advocacy projects at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), where she also led development of the organisation’s first best practice guidance on Meaningful Adolescent & Youth Engagement. She previously worked for the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK, producing a report on access to contraception during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2022 she co-founded the Reproductive Rights Activist Collective, a grassroots organisation that offers training in reproductive justice and community organising approaches to activists in England and Wales. Alice holds degrees in English and Multidisciplinary Gender Studies from the University of Cambridge.

Expertise

Gender, Youth, Reproductive Health, Adolescent Health, Grassroots Organisations, NGOs, Activism