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Black British Voices: Black women, mothers and children remain unprotected
“Momentary shock and outrage will not save black women - only structural change and action will,” say Cambridge students Aisling and Maya
“We need
to talk about the disproportionate rate of miscarriages and stillbirth among black women – I trust healthcare individuals but not the healthcare service”.
This quote from a focus group participant, conducted by Cambridge academic Dr. Kenny Monrose for the Black British Voices Project, illustrates the broken relationship between the healthcare service and the black community. A 2018 study found that black women were five times more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts.
Black British Voices: âIt is time to change the narrativeâ Black people are not a standardized or uniform group. We felt it was past time to actually go and ask people themselves. Young Black people in particular get spoken about, but they donât often get spoken to - we aim to listen.â says Dr Monrose
A national survey has launched as part of a wider research project investigating the âevolution of Black British identitiesâ – giving Black people in the UK an opportunity to âdefine themselves in an autonomous wayâ for the very first time.
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The Voice Newspaper, the University of Cambridgeâs Sociology Department and black-led consultancy I-Cubed.
Sun 23 May 2021 19.01 EDT
A major national survey is launching to explore the evolution of Black British identities as part of a wider research project that has been described as the first of its kind.
The Black British Voices Project (BBVP) will give black people in the UK an opportunity to “define themselves in an autonomous way” for the first time, according to the researchers.
The project – a partnership between the University of Cambridge, the black-led consultancy I-Cubed Ltd, and Britain’s only national Black newspaper, the Voice – will provide an up-to-date portrait of Black British communities.
The research is led by the Cambridge sociologist and author Dr Kenny Monrose, and is backed by the entrepreneur Dr Maggie Semple OBE, the founder of I-Cubed Ltd and lead ambassador for the BBVP.