Holly Brockwell

Holly Brockwell is a technology journalist from London mainly known for her battle with the NHS England to allow her to be sterilised.[1] She fought with the NHS, who refused to allow her to go through the procedure, since she was 26. At the end of March 2016, at the age of 30, she was finally granted permission to allow the procedure. The sterilisation is scheduled for May 2016.[2]

Work

In 2012 Brockwell blogged about an advertising campaign about benefit schemes for their staff [3] which sparked controversy and brought the campaign a lot of negative light.[4] The agency accused Brockwell of libel but later apologised.

The next year Brockwell sparked controversy again after writing about the 2013 Hyundai advert that was later withdrawn.[5]

In 2015 Brockwell started a women’s tech site called Gadgette in order to tackle the condescending and discriminating attitudes towards women in the technology industry. Although the launch of the website faced backlash at first [6] it has since been growing and recruiting more and more writers and attracting more readers.

Awards

In 2015 she won the SheSays Award for The Drum Woman of the Year [7]

References

  1. ↑ Why can't I get sterilised in my 20s? by Holly Brockwell for The Guardian,
  2. ↑ Woman, 30, defends being sterilised after winning four year battle with NHS by The Daily Mail,
  3. ↑ Ad agency laughs at people on benefits by Holly Brockwell,
  4. ↑ Iris faces uproar over ‘chav’ parody by Decision Marketing,
  5. ↑ Hyundai pulls viral zero emission car ad featuring man attempting suicide by The Independent,
  6. ↑ I've been viciously attacked for daring to start a women's tech site by The Guardian,
  7. ↑ Editor-in-chief of tech publication Gadgette Holly Brockwell named The Drum Woman of the Year at SheSays Awards,
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