Dr Annabel Sowemimo, Community Sexual and Reproductive Health Consultant
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London, UK
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English
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Sexual and reproductive health consultancy
Dr Annabel Sowemimo is a doctor, academic, activist and writer. She is an NHS Consultant in Sexual & Reproductive Health working in South London.
She published her first book, Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare with the Wellcome Collection in April 2023. It won the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing and a Breast Cancer Book of the Year award. In 2026, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Edinburgh University Medical School for her contribution to health equity and reproductive health.
Annabel also founded the charity the Reproductive Justice Initiative (RJI, formerly Decolonising Contraception), which aims to address health inequalities and racial disparities. She spends her spare time campaigning on reproductive justice, against NHS cuts and improving healthcare for marginalised groups. She became a mum for the first time to a baby boy who arrived on her birthday in June 2024.