Rose Stokes

A regular columnist for Women's Health UK and Metro for many years, Rose has spent more than a decade working across journalism, editing and events production for major international media brands, including The Economist, where it all began. Her writing is known for combining rigorous reporting with emotional intelligence, translating complex social issues into deeply human stories. Because of this, her articles often go viral — two recent examples for The Guardian include a longform feature on 'Shrinking Girl Summer' that focused on the wider social impact of a boom in GLP-1 usage in the UK, as well as chronic iron deficiency in women and why this is absolutely a feminist issue.

Alongside her journalism, Rose has led and contributed to high-profile campaigning work. In 2022, she received the ‘Consumer Campaign of the Year Award’ from the Sheila McKechnie Foundation alongside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service for a national campaign to reduce the cost of the morning-after pill. In 2019, she was part of the award-winning team behind The Economist’s ‘Open Future’ initiative, which received Gold for Editorial Campaign of the Year at the British Media Awards.

Her work is driven by a belief that storytelling can challenge stigma, shift public conversation and create meaningful change. She writes with warmth, clarity and curiosity about the forces that impact the way we feel about ourselves as women, and is currently working on her first book about diet, weight stigma and bodies in the post GLP-1 era.