CEO at Kairos Women Working Together (Kairos), in Coventry who support, advocate for, and empower women to increase their safety, stability, self-belief, and self-reliance to build fulfilled lives, free from violence, abuse, and exploitation.
Kellie is the Chief Executive Officer of Kairos Women Working Together, a Coventry based specialist women’s organisation supporting and advocating for women who face multiple intersecting forms of disadvantage and are subject to or at risk of sexual exploitation, including women involved in prostitution. She is also a trustee of EVAW (End Violence Against Women), a group of feminist organisations and experts from across the UK, working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms.
Kellie has lived experience as a survivor of men’s violence against women and girls, including sexual exploitation, both inside and outside of the sex industry. She found solace in specialist women’s services and safety and sisterhoood in women-only spaces, which were key to her life-long journey of survival, growth, and healing.
Kellie is passionate about the needs and rights of women and girls and the importance of the women’s sector. As a member of SoundDelivery Media’s Spokesperson Network, she utilises her lived and learned expertise to advocate for systems change so that all women may live free from violence, abuse, and sexual exploitation.
"Every woman matters. I want to activate my lived experience and amplify the voices of the women we support at Kairos to influence social change."
Kellie Ziemba was interviewed by BBC Radio Coventry Warwickshire about her organisation Kairos WWT search for a new home in Coventry.
Kellie Ziemba an op-ed for experience the Third Sector titled ‘Charities must recognise the immense value of lived experience’
