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Anthropologist

Public Speaker

International Consultant

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Mounia El Kotni (pronouns: she/hers) is an anthropologist, consultant, public speaker and author. Her areas of expertise include healt disparities in the fields of perinatal care and oncology. She is particularly interested in sexism, racism, and linguistic discrimination in healthcare.

She graduated from the University at Albany, SUNY (PhD 2016) and has conducted research on maternal health policies in Mexico. She is the author of scientific research articles and books for the general public on health disparities, traditional medical knowledge and obstetric violence. In 2026, she publishes En finir avec les idées fausses sur le corps des femmes (Putting an End to Misconceptions About Women’s Bodies).

Mounia El Kotni is based in Paris, France and is since 2021 research associate at the Cermes3. She is currently carrying an action-research project on language barriers to healthcare access for other-than-French-speaking women in the Paris area.

She is a public speaker on health inequalities between women and men, the social impact of breast cancer, and gynecological and obstetric violence. If you would like to learn more on these topics, contact her for more information.