Michele Irmiter Elliott OBE is an author, psychologist, teacher and the founder and director of child protection charity Kidscape.
[1] She has chaired World Health Organization and Home Office working groups and is a Winston Churchill fellow.
[7] Elliott founded Kidscape in 1984 to help children stay safe from sexual abuse and from bullying.
Writing in The Guardian, David Brindle suggested the award was "an undoubted reflection of the vibrancy of Michele Elliott".
[12] Elliott's work in exposing the issue of child sexual abuse committed by women has also resulted in hostility from feminists.