A ‘poetic-storytelling’ piece.
Storytelling by Innocent Jakisa and Amadu Khan. Thank you to the two women who shared their experiences.
Maternal Care Inequality in Scotland: Black women’s voices for social action
Maternal Care Inequality In Scotland Black Women's Voices For Social Action Final (1)
* This storytelling piece contains themes that some individuals may find triggering.
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Maternal Care Inequality in Scotland: Black women’s voices for social action is a ‘poetic-storytelling’ about two Glasgow-based Black women’s lived experiences of maternal health care within the NHS. We have used this art form in an experimental way to curate and provide a human dimension to the troubling reality – why people of colour are four times more likely to die in childbirth than their White counterparts in the UK.
Whilst one of the accounts is traumatic, the other offers a glimmer of optimism. Yet, both highlight a dreadful public health anomaly and offers a potential pathway for individual and collective social action towards improving maternal health care and health outcomes for Black women. Through their bravery to share their stories, the women demonstrate individual agency in the absence of collective social action against racialised practices and structures within maternal health care.
These Black women believe that without taking into account the pervasive institutional and individual forms of racism and discrimination that Black mothers experience, discussions about health equity for Black women will be pointless.
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- Engage with this short documentary film, Amen Sam Roma (We are Roma): This is our Home, which showcases what #HelpsAndHinders social action for the Roma community @roma.voice. Storytelling by Lena Popikova and Meha Dedhia. In partnership with @social_action_scotland [LINK}
- A lack of representation and role models from the Roma community hinders the social action of @roma.voice. Find out more about what #HelpsAndHinders social action for the Roma community. Storytelling by Lena Popikova and Meha Dedhia. In partnership with @social_action_scotland [LINK}
- Having allies and building partnerships helps the social action of @roma.voice. Find out more about what #HelpsAndHinders social action for the Roma community. Storytelling by Lena Popikova and Meha Dedhia. In partnership with @social_action_scotland [LINK}
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- Engage with this short documentary film, Amen Sam Roma (We are Roma): This is our Home, which showcases what #HelpsAndHinders social action for the Roma community @roma.voice. Storytelling by Lena Popikova and Meha Dedhia. In partnership with @social_action_scotland [LINK}
- A lack of representation and role models from the Roma community hinders the social action of @roma.voice. Find out more about what #HelpsAndHinders social action for the Roma community. Storytelling by Lena Popikova and Meha Dedhia. In partnership with @social_action_scotland [LINK}
- Having allies and building partnerships helps the social action of @roma.voice. Find out more about what #HelpsAndHinders social action for the Roma community. Storytelling by Lena Popikova and Meha Dedhia. In partnership with @social_action_scotland [LINK}