Sophie Hemery
United Kingdom
Biography
Sophie Hemery is a freelance journalist, based in London. She has written for outlets including The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Vice, Buzzfeed and openDemocracy, and has worked internationally - primarily in Spain and Pakistan.
Funded projects
Well-connected Women
Through in‐depth, locally collaborative research, this projects tells the human stories behind a burgeoning online movement of Pakistani women rallying against patriarchy.
Bolly Lolly Dhally
This project explores women’s opportunities and struggles in the South Asian film industries: innovating opportunities, demanding good working conditions, calling out sexual abuse, and changing perceptions through plot lines.