Merette is a multilingual health systems researcher, passionate gender and sexual reproductive health and rights advocate, and entrepreneurial birth-worker and educator, based in Cairo, Egypt. Merette believes that every family has the right to high-quality, patient-centered, rights-based, and evidence-informed healthcare.
Building on her experiences at the national, regional, and global levels, Merette currently works as a consultant with the World Health Organization where her research enables policy makers to strengthen health systems for health security and advance gender and health equity.
Fighting for the elimination of obstetric violence in Egypt and the Region, Merette founded YourEgyptianDoula to educate, advocate, and empower expecting parents on their rights in childbirth. Merette has spoken up and published her research on this subject in numerous peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, podcasts, and global health conferences.
Championing gender equality, Merette is also the co-founder of the Egyptian Chapter of the Women in Global Health movement.
In recognition of her leadership, advocacy, and passion, Merette was selected to speak at the White House COVID-19 Summit, the World Health Assembly, and the G20. She continues to push for reproductive justice, gender equality, human rights, youth empowerment, and interfaith and international action.