'Just because someone is in the asylum system doesn't mean their bodies are broken—or that they lose their ability to give birth'

Our friends Amma Birth Companions 🧡 have published a harrowing Birth Outcomes and Experiences Report, with very significant findings.

Please share widely.

Join us at Leeds Playhouse on 23rd Feb for the Maternal Health & Diversity event delivered by Maternity Stream City of Sanctuary and White Ribbon Alliance

We will hear insights from professionals, policy makers & service users about maternity issues facing refugee families.

Register: bit.ly/sanc24

It is so important that women seeking sanctuary are asked for their opinions on the future of midwifery research.

Please support any women you work with to complete the survey to shape the future of midwifery research 💡

Excited that our latest cancer screening project has started with the aim of increasing breast cancer screening uptake in black African women in the UK. Thank you Breast Cancer Now for funding this

breastcancernow.org/about-us/media…

We are so excited to be part of this important project! Royal College of Midwives 💙

~50k women are currently #pregnant in #gaza ; 5522 due to deliver this month (UNFPA 13/10). The plight of these women & their babies cannot be ignored-rapid depletion of essential supplies, *personnel* & lack of access to whatever shreds of maternity care remain
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Delighted that the publication from our European collaboration has been published. So important to challenge inequitable maternity care entitlement for migrant women in different countries Jette Aaroe Clausen Triin Roosalu
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We are so thrilled to have accredited The Birth Partner Project with a Maternity Stream of Sanctuary award - the first one in Wales! Huge congratulations 🎂

Diolch Maternity Stream City of Sanctuary and Zaina Aljumma 🧡 زينة 🍉 for presenting our project with the wonderful Sanctuary Award yesterday! We are so happy to be part of a wonderful network of creating welcome for people seeking sanctuary 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The Maternity Stream of Sanctuary supports Baby Loss Awareness Week #BLAW 2023 #BLAW 🕯️

Women seeking sanctuary are often charged for their maternity care, even when they are destitute.

Maternity Action are running free training sessions on how to assist those who are destitute and have been charged for care - a great learning opportunity.

Sometimes speaking out about refugee rights might feel difficult. This session will provide tools to help support you to counter tricky hostile conversations in the workplace, amongst friends or family 🫶

Stark disparities highlighted today in neonatal mortality and stillbirth rates for Black and Asian babies. This often includes those born whilst their parents are seeking sanctuary. We support the call for urgent action to address these inequalities. NHS Race & Health Observatory Fivexmore_

We had an unforgettable weekend away in the dales : Halton Gill, with 32 mums and children. We laughed so much our sides hurt. We met old friends and made new ones. The children were incredible and we had lots of fun playing games with them.
Maternity Stream City of Sanctuary People and the DALES

In August, we gave NHS maternity care charging advice in Spanish, Portuguese, Yoruba, Albanian, Mandarin and Urdu.

If you would like advice please get in contact & we will arrange a female interpreter maternityaction.org.uk/maternity-care….

#NHSMaternityCareCharging #HostileEnvironment

Opportunity to get involved in research! Please share with anyone you think may be interested.

'We came here with the biggest hope that we would receive help'

Women seeking sanctuary are consistently let down by the asylum system. Please listen to this interview in full, to learn more about this woman's story.

This is a great campaign City of Sanctuary UK 🧡