… this was a widely known secret but blew up finally in 1979 when Mrs Kakar bravely came forward and spoke about what had happened to her. The government had to stop it.

They have never apologised.

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VIRGINITY TESTING

One issue that affected Brown women was virginity testing on fiancées coming to the UK.

They had invasive vaginal testing to ‘prove’ that they were virgins and therefore legit fiancées and not trying to fleece the system…

18/24

L’Oréal insists there isn’t enough evidence to prove that hair relaxers are putting Black women’s lives at risk. But they know that isn’t true and so do we. That’s why we’ve created the ✨ #NoMoreLyes Info Kit ✨

welevelup.org/nomorelyes-rel…

In March, Edem attended 'Womb Health and Wealth' - an event put on and run by Caribbean & Africa Manchester Health Network as part of #IWD

A day full of presentations about women's health strategies being developed in the Manchester area & so much more!

An honour to attend🌟

Hiya! I’m a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of Manchester currently recruiting for my thesis, which focuses on how social support may influence well-being among Black gay men. Please email: [email protected] if interested!

£5000 available for women's health tech. UCL-IfWH UCL eHealth unit
Reproductive Justice Initiative
ucl.ac.uk/enterprise/sta…

Funding for career support for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage. UCL IEHC UCL Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Reproductive Justice Initiative
wellcome.org/grant-funding/…

Head to our website🔗 to read our reply to a letter we received from BPAS regarding our joint public statement on the use of an infographic that perpetuates racist & orientalist narratives that undermine the struggles of the peoples in the Global South

🔗reprojusticeinitiative.org/rji-adiyah-bpa…

We thought it was important for us to reintroduce our ourselves through our mission, vision and values .⭐️

Our vision: A world where everyone’s reproductive health and rights are upheld and not undermined by social, economic and political factors.

Lots to do!🚵💪📈

It's been a long and windy road over the past few years and we're grateful for it all.

Thank you to everyone who played a formative part in making RJI what it is today.

We can't wait for all that's to come! 🤩

Our director Agbeduvi Labadi Socialist 🌻 🍉 on the need to bridge the gaps between issue based campaigns for broader movement for humanity.

Read the piece 👇🏾

'This is a new Vagrancy Act with bells on.'

Thanks to Nickie Aiken MP for Cities of London & Westminster and @mikeamesburyMP for speaking out in Parliament yesterday against government proposals to criminalise homelessness.

Please email your MP and ask them to stand with us too. bit.ly/4bqu4xN

'Do I tell you about how much I despair of tropes that makes our mothers, sisters and grandmothers’ victims while making the men we love brutes?...Would it shock you to know that feminism and decriminalisation were not invented in Europe by Europeans only for Europeans?'

We are calling on .BPAS to issue a public apology for their social media communications and use of racist tropes.

Read our joint statement with Ad'iyah Collective - reprojusticeinitiative.org/adiyah-rji-sta…

How can health services be LGBTQ+ #inclusive ? Peter Molyneux🌈 discusses innovations in Brighton/Sussex. Monday 11th March in London. UCL Primary Care & Population Health Reproductive Justice Initiative UCL Institute of Mental Health UCL Health Psychology UCL Psychiatry Out@UCL Trans NHS Staff Network Angus Ramsay

We are looking for people with a variety of lived and learnt experience to work with us in the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health - take a look below and apply by 11th March! Judith Stephenson Louise J Jackson Beck Taylor Julia Bailey Abimbola Ayorinde Fiona de Londras Co-Production Collective UCL

After four decades, researchers may have finally made a breakthrough on a drug to treat endometriosis, a debilitating gynecological condition that impacts 1 in 10 women.

This is proof that funding in R&D ensures a healthier world for women everywhere.
economist.com/science-and-te…