Payzee Mahmod is a British Kurdish campaigner, survivor and consultant working on how NGOs, governments, brands and agencies communicate about gender-based violence.She campaigns to end harmful practices including child marriage, FGM, virginity testing and hymenoplasty, drawing on her own lived experience and the loss of her sister Banaz in a so-called āhonourā killing. Payzee was an influential voice behind the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill campaign, which in 2023 changed the law so that no form of child marriage is legal in England and Wales.Her TEDx talk, A Survivorās Plea to End Child Marriage, has been viewed more than a million times. She has given three TEDx talks and has spoken at Global Citizen and the United Na
How a survivor-led campaign helped end child marriage in England and Wales in 2023.
How organisations can communicate about gender-based violence without causing harm.
Building safeguarding that is shaped by survivors.
Payzee Mahmod is a British Kurdish campaigner, survivor and consultant working on how NGOs, governments, brands and agencies communicate about gender-based violence.
She campaigns to end harmful practices including child marriage, FGM, virginity testing and hymenoplasty, drawing on her own lived experience and the loss of her sister Banaz in a so-called āhonourā killing. Payzee was an influential voice behind the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill campaign, which in 2023 changed the law so that no form of child marriage is legal in England and Wales.
Her TEDx talk, A Survivorās Plea to End Child Marriage, has been viewed more than a million times. She has given three TEDx talks and has spoken at Global Citizen and the United Nations. Her campaign work has gathered 250,000 signatures online and drawn coverage in the Guardian, The Times and the BBC, and she has delivered GBV awareness and response training to more than 4,000 professionals.
Payzeeās advocacy has been recognised with UK Parliament Volunteer of the Year 2021 and special recognition at the UN Women UK Awards 2020. She sits on the Girls Not Brides Advisory Committee, and in 2022 was selected for a six-month programme with the Obama Foundationās Europe Leaders Programme.
In her consulting work she co-designs and leads survivor-informed campaigns, policies and PR strategies on violence against women and girls; builds partnerships between survivors, communities, NGOs, corporate brands and communications teams to produce impact-driven content and activations; and delivers speaking and training for agencies, organisations and professionals on GBV, advocacy and storytelling.
She partners with NGOs, governments, brands, PR and creative agencies, and management teams seeking survivor-led communication and campaigns built with integrity.
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Expert in safeguarding, justice reform & survivor led systems change. Tackling VAWG, HBA & extremism. Keynote speaker.
