Sonia Adesara
Sonia Adesara is a medical doctor and activist who specialises in reproductive health. She is campaigner for migrants rights, gender equality, and the Labour Party. She co-chairs the Young Medical Women International Association, and sits on the Central Council of the Socialist Health Association.Early life and education
Adesara is the daughter of an Asian-Ugandan refugee. She studied medicine at the University of Nottingham. In 2014 she joined the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital as a junior doctor.Career
Adesara is a trainee general practitioner. She is co-Chair of the Young Medical Women International Association, and a National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow at Macmillan. She was a member of the Keep Our NHS Public campaign in July 2019. She has written about the rise in anti-abortion rhetoric in light of the Brexit vote and election of Donald Trump. Since 2012 Adesara has sat on the Central Council of the Socialist Health Association.
Adesara is a member of the campaign, which looks to increase women's representation in the Palace of Westminster. She has previously chaired the Young Fabians Health Network. In 2018 she unsuccessfully attempted to become the Labour Party's Parliamentary candidate for the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency. In 2019 Adesara appeared in the Labour Party's General Election party political broadcast.Awards and honours
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. In 2019 she was awarded the Asian Women of Achievement Young Achiever award.
