Health & Healthcare
I have been researching for the past ten years health disparities and discriminations and medical violence in reproductive care and breast cancer care.
I am the author of several research articles on these themes. My work has received the UAlbany Distinguished Dissertation Award, the Paris Podcast Festival Award for best Documentary, and the support of the City of Paris and the Fondation de France.
As a public speaker, I share my expertise on health and its intersections with gender with the general public and a wide-range of institutions. Some of my topics of expertise include women’s health, obstetric violence, the postpartum period and health disparities. I have also created a training for health professionals on medical racism (in French).
A few of my recent activities include,
Online conference (French): Well and ill-treatment in gynecology and obstetrics, OREHANE network.
Conference (French) : “No, all is not pink in October !”, Les amis de l’Institut Andrée Dutreix. Available here.
Co-organizer of the international workshop “Postpartum and the Social Sciences”, Paris Cité University.
Roundtable (French) : « My body, myself», Printemps des Fameuses Event, Nantes. Available here..
Publication : “Reproductive Justice”, with Louise Virole, World Gender Dictionary. Read here.
Book (French) : Im/patiente, une exploration féministe du cancer du sein, M. El Kotni et M. Sigonneau, Ed. First, 2021. Buy here.
Podcast (French) : “Im/patiente”, produit par Nouvelles Ecoutes. Listen here..
Podcast (French) : Les femmes sages, Episode 19 “Mounia El Kotni, autonomie et justice reproductive” Listen here.
Mounia El Kotni, PhD 