Dr. Merette Khalil

Merette Khalil is health systems researcher, movement builder, and advocate for women and young people's health, rights, and leadership. Merette currently leads the PUSH Campaign Lead at the International Confederation of Midwives where she is raising awareness about women-centered care and the role of midwives in its delivery. She also founded and co-leads Health Systems Global's Thematic Working Group on Gender and Health Systems with a current focus on building feminist health systems. Previously, Merette worked for the World Health Organization with the gender and health systems teams. In her last role, Merette led White Ribbon Alliance’s latest What Women Want for Health and Wellbeing campaign, mobilizing upward of 1.3 million demands to inform a novel community-driven holistic women’s health agenda. She served as co-chair PMNCH’s Evidence and Accountability Working Group and co-led the million-voice campaign on What Young People Want. Merette founded YourEgyptianDoula to fight for the elimination of obstetric violence in her home country, Egypt and the Region. She also co-founded Women in Global Health Egypt advocating for women’s leadership in health.