Growing up on a council estate in Liverpool, leaving school at 10 years old and living in a deeply conservative family, society's expectations of what Tabitha could be were narrow. The knowledge that these boundaries are only ever someone else's idea of what you can be, or a way to control you drives her activism.
Tabitha is Executive Director of UN Women UK, whose mission is to ensure every woman and girl has access to safety, choice and a voice. UN Women is the only global organisation working to make gender equality a reality in every way: from grassroots programmes with women and girls, to changing attitudes, and helping governments design gender-equal policy.
In 2023 Tabitha became the Chair of domestic abuse charity Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse, continuing her work to play a part in ending all gendered violence.
Before this Tabitha was Deputy Leader of the Women’s Equality Party and Spokesperson for Ending Violence Against Women & Girls. She also led a cross-party organisation campaigning on issues from the climate crisis, equal representation in government and reform of the mental health and care sectors. Her commercial knowledge was honed from 15 years in the construction industry being the first woman on the UK board of her organisation.