11 Facts About Natasha Walter

Natasha Walter was born on 20 January 1967 and is a British feminist writer and human rights activist.

Natasha Walter is the founder of the charity Women for Refugee Women.

Natasha Walter's father was Nicolas Walter, an anarchist and secular humanist writer, while her mother Ruth Walter was a teacher and social worker.

Natasha Walter went on to write for many publications, and to appear regularly on BBC2's Newsnight Review and Radio 4's Front Row.

Natasha Walter was the founder in 2006 of the charity Women for Refugee Women, where she was the director until 2021.

In 2008 Women for Refugee Women produced the play Motherland which Natasha Walter wrote based on the experiences of women and children in immigration detention.

Natasha Walter is the author of The New Feminism, published by Virago in 1998.

In March 2015, Natasha Walter was the Humanitas Visiting Professor of Women's Rights at Cambridge University.

Natasha Walter is the author of a novel, A Quiet Life, which is based loosely on the life of Melinda Marling, the wife of Cambridge spy Donald Maclean.

In October 2019, Natasha Walter was arrested for blocking a road in Extinction Rebellion's 'October Rebellion' in London's Trafalgar Square.

Natasha Walter was recognized as one of the BBC 100 Women of 2013.