Speaking
Yehudis Fletcher works with universities, research institutes, public bodies, faith communities, and charities to address complex issues of safeguarding, inclusion, and institutional responsibility.
Her speaking combines policy literacy, academic rigour, and lived expertise, with a particular focus on how religious and cultural systems shape risk, accountability, and outcomes for individuals. She is frequently invited to contribute where clarity, precision, and rigorous engagement with cultural context are essential. Yehudis speaks across a range of formats, adapting her work to suit community, academic, or policy-focused audiences.
Areas of Focus Include:
Safeguarding in religious contexts
Including forced marriage, so-called honour-based abuse, and institutional responses to harm.
Education and reform in Charedi (ultra-Orthodox) communities
With a focus on safeguarding, access, and supporting long-term outcomes for adults educated in closed systems.
LGBT inclusion within faith communities
Exploring policy, pastoral, and institutional approaches to inclusion across Jewish and other religious contexts.
Religion, power, and institutional responsibility
Examining how belief, authority, and governance intersect in public and private life.
Yehudis delivers guest lectures and teaching sessions for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in law, gender studies, theology, and social policy, and presents conference papers and invited talks within academic and research networks focused on religion and safeguarding. Her academic engagements have included the University of Manchester, the University of Salford, the University of Leeds, the University of Kent, the University of Suffolk, and Brandeis University.
She works with policymakers, professionals, and third-sector organisations through briefings, panels, and advisory conversations on safeguarding and institutional responsibility.
Yehudis also delivers practitioner-focused training for social workers, educators, and charity staff, and takes part in public conversations at venues including Limmud Festival, Manchester Cathedral, and JW3 (London).