Today we have launched our #WeTrustWomen campaign - there are posters currently up in London Underground Tube carriages, and we want to share the message on social media too.

1. Conduct an internal reflection of your views on teen pregnancy and young parenthood and challenge any negative perceptions.

2. Be an active voice against harmful campaigns, strategies, and media.

3. Ensure your messaging excludes stereotypes, shame, and narrowly framed data sources.

4. Invite young parents to the table and give them meaningful and genuine roles to help shape your work.

5. Respect young mothers and young fathers, and believe in their ability to make the best informed choices for themselves and their families.

After asking my Grandma, Dorothy Innerd, to write down her memories of her Grandmother, Eliza King (née Agar/Twiddy). I decided to find exactly where Eliza was buried in St. Giles Church, Durham, and place a memorial plaque there for her.  Eliza King was an inmate at Holloway Prison in London, 1943. She was sentenced to five yeas for manslaughter, as she carried out backstreet abortions. 



Eliza was one of fifteen children, it is said that her mother was so sick of giving birth she would sit, half naked in cold alleyways, hoping to die. It is also said that Eliza posed as a fortune teller. My Grandma remembers that women would come to Eliza’s house asking for their fortunes to be told, when this happened my Grandma would have to leave Eliza’s house, she believes this was how women would come to Eliza asking for help with their pregnancy. 

It’s an easy one to get the ball rolling. If your twitter avatar isn’t already sporting it, head on over to  http://twibbon.com/support/40-Days-of-Choice and get yourself one.