# Sarah Hyde > Sarah Hyde is a freelance global health consultant, writer and editor with over 25 years’ experience in advocacy, policy and fundraising. Contact: sarah@sarahhyde.org, +44 (0)7941 630221 Based in the United Kingdom. Works with organisations worldwide. Languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian. ## Areas of expertise - Sexual and reproductive health and rights - HIV - Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health - Gender equality - Human rights - Youth engagement - Mental health - Advocacy - Policy analysis - Writing - Editing - Resource mobilisation - Parliamentary engagement ## Services - [Advocacy and policy analysis](https://www.sarahhyde.org/advocacy--policy-analysis.html): Sarah Hyde helps civil society organisations shape policy dialogue and influence decision-makers, from setting advocacy objectives to monitoring impact. - [Writing, editing and communications](https://www.sarahhyde.org/communications.html): Sarah Hyde writes and edits reports, case studies, briefs and toolkits for global health organisations, turning complex information into clear communications. - [Resource mobilisation](https://www.sarahhyde.org/resource-mobilisation.html): Sarah Hyde has a strong track record of winning funding for civil society organisations from institutional donors, multilateral agencies and foundations. - [Parliamentary expertise](https://www.sarahhyde.org/parliamentary-expertise.html): Sarah Hyde helps organisations inform and mobilise parliamentarians to support global health and development goals, drawing on decades of parliamentary work. ## Clients - International Planned Parenthood Federation - World Health Organization - Frontline AIDS - Save the Children UK - Plan International UK - VSO - ActionAid UK - Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition - Action for Global Health - E4A-MamaYe - Global Advisory Board for Sexual Health and Wellbeing - Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) - Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+ Global) - International Citizen Service - Options - Pamoja Communications - Parliamentarians for Global Action - Reproductive Health Uganda - SafeHands - Women and Children First (UK) ## Selected work - [Upholding sex workers’ rights](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/upholding-sex-workers-rights.html) for NSWP and IPPF (2026): Sarah Hyde was part of the team that produced NSWP and IPPF’s toolkit for designing rights-based sexual and reproductive health programmes with sex workers. - [Developing a messaging framework with Frontline AIDS and partners](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/cse-messaging-framework.html) for Frontline AIDS (2025): Sarah Hyde helped Frontline AIDS develop evidence-based messages that advocates can use to counter misinformation about comprehensive sexuality education. - [Writing and editing IPPF’s annual performance reports](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/ippf-annual-performance-reports.html) for International Planned Parenthood Federation (2021–2025): Sarah Hyde was part of the team that created IPPF’s Annual Performance Report 2025, and wrote and edited the reports for 2021 to 2024. - [Providing communications support to the READY movement](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/ready-movement-communications.html) for Frontline AIDS (2017–2026): From 2017 to 2026, Sarah Hyde wrote, edited and strengthened newsletters, reports, guides and leaflets for the READY movement, supported by Frontline AIDS. - [Strengthening resources on Covid‑19 and gender](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/covid-19-and-gender-equality.html) for Frontline AIDS (2020): Sarah Hyde strengthened and edited Frontline AIDS’s brief on a gender-just, HIV-sensitive response to Covid-19, and two READY guides on gender and Covid-19. - [Showcasing the impact of IPPF’s work to address abortion stigma](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/ippf-abortion-stigma-report.html) for International Planned Parenthood Federation (2020–2021): Sarah Hyde wrote a report showcasing the impact of IPPF’s global work to reduce the stigma surrounding abortion, and the lessons learnt. - [Supporting the Global Advisory Board for Sexual Health and Wellbeing](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/sexual-pleasure-training-toolkit.html) for Global Advisory Board for Sexual Health and Wellbeing (2018 onwards): Sarah Hyde edited a training toolkit and e-learning modules that put sexual pleasure at the centre of sexual and reproductive health and rights. - [Working with Pamoja to enhance learning and research uptake](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/pamoja-research-briefs-and-websites.html) for Pamoja Communications (2015–2021): Sarah Hyde condensed around 20 journal articles into accessible research briefs and wrote copy for four research and advocacy websites. - [Providing strategic communications advice to E4A-MamaYe](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/e4a-mamaye-communications-strategy.html) for E4A-MamaYe (Options) (2018): Sarah Hyde audited E4A-MamaYe’s communications and advocacy products, ran a workshop with the team and gave strategic communications advice. - [Communicating research and impact for VSO](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/vso-youth-volunteering-research.html) for VSO (2016–2018): Sarah Hyde turned research on youth volunteering and mental health into an engaging report, and wrote and edited position papers, reports and case studies. - [Sharing learning from IPPF’s youth programme](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/ippf-choices-programme.html) for International Planned Parenthood Federation (2016–2017): Sarah Hyde edited a donor report and wrote a concise summary of the lessons learnt from IPPF’s Choices programme for young people. - [Providing communications support to Link Up](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/link-up-case-studies.html) for International HIV/AIDS Alliance (now Frontline AIDS) (2016): Sarah Hyde edited more than a dozen case studies and drafted summaries for Link Up, which reached 940,000 young people in five countries. - [Strengthening capability statements for IPPF](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/ippf-capability-statements.html) for International Planned Parenthood Federation (2016, 2024): Sarah Hyde reviewed, shortened and edited six two-page capability statements for donors, and in 2024 wrote an updated statement on FGM. - [Advocacy for the Manifesto for Motherhood](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/manifesto-for-motherhood.html) for Manifesto for Motherhood coalition (2012–2014): Sarah Hyde wrote a briefing pack on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health for UK parliamentarians in 2012, and a 2014 coalition brief. - [Integrating human rights into national HIV strategic plans](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/human-rights-in-hiv-strategic-plans.html) for UNAIDS and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (2012): Sarah Hyde evaluated how human rights programmes were built into national HIV plans, interviewing participants in English and French. - [Providing advocacy technical assistance to WHO](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/who-glion-advocacy.html) for World Health Organization (2004–2006): Sarah Hyde gave advocacy support on WHO’s Glion consultation on family planning and HIV, drafted an advocacy plan and wrote a briefing on its outcomes. - [Providing strategic advocacy advice to the International HIV/AIDS Alliance](https://www.sarahhyde.org/work/hiv-alliance-uk-government-strategy.html) for International HIV/AIDS Alliance (now Frontline AIDS) (2004): Sarah Hyde developed a strategy for the Alliance’s engagement with the UK Government on policy and fundraising. ## Blog - [A breath of fresh air](https://www.sarahhyde.org/blog/a-breath-of-fresh-air.html): Semmelweis was ridiculed for telling doctors to wash their hands. Nearly 200 years later, clean indoor air faces the same resistance. - [Roe v Wade and the assault on human rights](https://www.sarahhyde.org/blog/roe-v-wade-and-the-assault-on-human-rights.html): The US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade will hit the poorest and most marginalised hardest. We must stand up for bodily autonomy everywhere. - [The elephant in the room](https://www.sarahhyde.org/blog/the-elephant-in-the-room.html): Sexual pleasure is often the missing piece in conversations about sexual health and rights. Why that matters, and how a new training toolkit puts it at the centre. - [Language matters: why how we talk about unmet need for contraception counts](https://www.sarahhyde.org/blog/language-matters-why-how-we-talk-about-unmet-need-for-family-planning-counts.html): Why do 214 million women who want to avoid pregnancy not use modern contraception? How we describe unmet need shapes the programmes we design. ## Pages - [About Sarah](https://www.sarahhyde.org/about.html) - [Contact](https://www.sarahhyde.org/contact.html)