Lucy Fagan
Lucy Fagan is a doctor, researcher and feminist organiser with almost a decade of professional experience advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights. She brings clinical and public health expertise to questions of bodily autonomy, focusing on adolescent health and inequalities in access to abortion and contraception.
She works with governments, UN partners and researchers to improve policy and care. She has led national strategy development and contributed to the development of new clinical guidelines, including the UKMEC and WHO Abortion Care Guidelines. Through collaborations with WHO, UNFPA and LSHTM, she has also helped strengthen adolescent health measurement and research on access to care. She enjoys making sense of complex evidence alongside communities and practitioners, drawing on mixed-methods research to understand what needs to change.
Alongside this, Lucy supports youth-led and feminist organising, from grassroots work to global advocacy. She brings advocates together across regions to develop shared strategies and influence intergovernmental decisions. Her work on narrative power explores how stories shape whose experiences are believed, which choices are seen as legitimate, and what change feels possible. She works with movements to question dominant framings and make space for people to articulate their own stories of rights, power and change.
She loves a fun participatory methodology, whether for a feminist teach-in or a co-creation process where people can question assumptions and develop ideas together. Her approach centres joy and recognises communities and young people as experts with the power to set agendas and hold institutions accountable.