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Medical doctor, activist
Sonia Adesara (born 1990) is a British medical doctor and activist who specialises in
reproductive health . She is campaigner for migrants rights and gender equality. She co-chairs the Young Medical Women International Association, and sits on the Central Council of the
Socialist Health Association .
Adesara is the daughter of an Asian-Ugandan refugee.
[3] She studied medicine at the
University of Nottingham .[
citation needed ]
Adesara is a medical doctor.
[4] She is co-Chair of the Young Medical Women International Association,
[5]
[6] and a National Medical Director's Clinical Fellow at Macmillan.
[7] She was a member of the
Keep Our NHS Public campaign in July 2019.
[8] She has written about the rise in
anti-abortion rhetoric in light of the
Brexit vote and election of
Donald Trump .
[9] Adesara is a member of the
50:50 Parliament campaign, which looks to increase women's representation in the
Palace of Westminster .
[10] She has previously chaired the
Young Fabians Health Network .
[11]
Throughout the
COVID-19 pandemic , Adesara worked as a doctor in central London. She used social media to communicate public health advice as well as sharing her concerns about the deteriorating conditions in hospitals.
[12]
[13]
She was featured in the
Stylist magazine as a Woman of the Week in 2018 and selected as a
Marie Claire Future Shaper in 2019.
[14]
[15] In 2019 she was awarded the Asian Women of Achievement Young Achiever award.
[16]
^ Chandler-Wilde, Helen (30 April 2019).
"Asian women of achievement: Meet the 14 winners shaping the UK" . The Telegraph .
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"Meet the Future Shapers of 2019 who are inspiring women worldwide" . 19 September 2019.
^ Diversified, AuthorMedia.
"Sonia Adesara" . Media Diversified . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
^ Griffiths, Tom (2019-05-15).
"May Newsletter 2019 - Important dates for your diary" . Keep Our NHS Public . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
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"Sonia Adesara" . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
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"Young Female Doctors and Medical Students - The Medical Women's International Association (MWIA)" . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
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"Dr Sonia Adesara" . Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. Retrieved 28 April 2020 .
^ Adesara, Sonia (2019-06-05).
"As A Doctor, I'm Livid At The Idea The NHS Could Ever Be 'On The Table' " . HuffPost UK . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
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"Sonia Adesara: Women's reproductive rights must be protected" . The BMJ . 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
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"50:50 Parliament - Ask Her to Stand: About us, mission and meet the team" . 50:50 Parliament . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
^
"Health Network EGM & NHS Privatisation Talk" . Young Fabians . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
^ Coombes, Rebecca (2020-12-31).
"Covid-19: Frontline doctors speak out about struggle to maintain care standards" . BMJ . 371 : m4971.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.m4971 .
ISSN
1756-1833 .
PMID
33384300 .
^
"London hospitals 'close to being overwhelmed' as coronavirus cases surge" . ITV News . 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2020-12-31 .
^ Haidrani, Salma (2018-11-19).
"A 50:50 Parliament director on why politics desperately needs more women" . Stylist . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
^ Goddard, Sophie (2019-09-19).
"Meet the Future Shapers of 2019 who are inspiring women worldwide" . Marie Claire . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .
^ Chandler-Wilde, Helen (2019-04-30).
"Asian women of achievement: Meet the 14 winners shaping the UK" . The Telegraph .
ISSN
0307-1235 . Retrieved 2019-09-30 .