The pandemic has only exacerbated the racial disparities in birth outcomes, but new legislation focused on reducing Black maternal deaths provides a beacon of hope. health crisis before the pandemic hit, for women of color, especially Black women, things went from bad to worse. It’s an ongoing health scandal we should all be talking about […]
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The first time Christy Turlington-Burns, Dr. Rebekah Gee, Jennie Joseph and I got to share the stage together was earlier this year at SXSW in Austin, Texas. The four of us clicked instantly and though Christy had worked with each of us individually, SXSW was the first time we all met. It was so powerful
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I never imagined I could die giving birth in America, but I almost did. These were the words I wrote for an article in Women in the World four years ago, but this Mother’s Day, MSNBC featured myself and my piece to raise awareness about America’s rising maternal morality rate. Watch here:
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Such a large part of my early career was spent as an activist & feminist policy analyst on women’s health & rights. So it was so powerful and meaningful to return to my professional roots as moderator of Every Mother Counts’ “Giving Birth In America” panel at SXSW in Austin, Texas. The five-part documentary series,
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SXSW is something that I always wanted to go to, so I could not be more excited that not only am I going to be at SXSW 2019, but I will be moderating a panel with Supermodel and Maternal Health Advocate, Christy Turlington-Burns and her amazing organization, Every Mother Counts. What exactly is South by
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*This article of mine is published on Women in the World/ New York Times.* More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar seeking refuge in nearby Bangladesh since August. That accounts for half of Burma’s extremely persecuted ethnic minority Rohingya population. Although the group has been oppressed by the Burmese military and government for decades, this recent exodus can be traced back
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Technically, it is not even Mother’s Day in the US yet, but this year my gift arrived early all courtesy of The New York Times/Women in the World. We get so caught up in flowers and chocolate, but the real gift for mothers, on this day to celebrate us, is really having ourselves and our
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From New York to my home-base of Washington, I was busy taking my feminist messages to the airwaves last week. On PBS, I had the honor to be back on air with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Republic Strategist Rinah Shah, and Commentator Darlene Kennedy. We talked about the role sexism played, if any, in the
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Despite spending almost a decade as a feminist policy analyst, I always felt the urgency of investing in women, specifically in our health and in our rights, was a cause most policymakers in Capitol Hill could not grasp. How can lawmakers understand that legislation they author impact women and girls globally? More importantly, how can
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32 weeks ago when I first found out I was pregnant, I was extremely conscious about not turning my blog into a “Mommy” blog, even as I became one myself. Although I have written about my big fat feminist pregnancy already, as this experience nears to a close, I came up with a list of
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