Sowda Ali's guest appearances

Sowda Ali

Harriet Minter Presents: Badass Women’s Hour

Dolly Alderton

Sarah Knight

Sue Nelson

London Hughes

Jason Brown

Michelle Collins

Rose McGowan

Emma Kennedy

Cindy Gallop

Sarah Akwisombe

Kate Winslet

Gemma Cairney

Bryony Gordon

Ruby Warrington

Barbara Sturm

OwlTail

Candice Brathwaite

Is there racism toward pregnant Black Women in the UK? recent investigations would suggest so!Black women are 5x more likely to die from child birth than white women in UK, Sowda Ali a BBC Stories Producer created a shocking video to spread this vital message, she shares what she found in the process of researching for this piece.And the ladies also talk to Candice Brathwaite who has experienced the effect of systemic racism within the medical sector in the UK, She suffered very badly as part of the fallout from the dismissive responses she received from midwives after giving birth to her baby and having c-section that wasn’t cared for properly, it left Candice’s wound infected and she was separated from her newborn for 5 weeks. Candice is also the founder of "Make Motherhood Diverse Campaign”Candice says: “We are not seeing each others as equal” and the statistics reflect this, Emma and Natalie are asking why?Find the video here.And the founder of the sexier, and more feminist answer to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory is sharing how she created her choco empire, Jo Fairley founder of Green and Blacks is joining the ladies in the studio to talk all things fair-trade food, share entrepreneurial tips and business inspiration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is there racism toward pregnant Black Women in the UK? recent investigations would suggest so!Black women are 5x more likely to die from child birth than white women in UK, <a href="https://twitter.com/sowdaxali?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sowda Ali</a> a BBC Stories Producer created <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-49607727/black-women-five-times-more-likely-to-die-in-childbirth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a shocking video</a> to spread this vital message, she shares what she found in the process of researching for this piece.And the ladies also talk to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/candicebrathwaite/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Candice Brathwaite</a> who has experienced the effect of systemic racism within the medical sector in the UK, She suffered very badly as part of the fallout from the dismissive responses she received from midwives after giving birth to her baby and having c-section that wasn’t cared for properly, it left Candice’s wound infected and she was separated from her newborn for 5 weeks. Candice is also the founder of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/makemotherhooddiverse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Make Motherhood Diverse Campaign”</a>Candice says: “We are not seeing each others as equal” and the statistics reflect this, Emma and Natalie are asking why?<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-49607727/black-women-five-times-more-likely-to-die-in-childbirth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Find the video here.</a>And the founder of the sexier, and more feminist answer to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory is sharing how she created her choco empire, <a href="https://twitter.com/jojosams?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jo Fairley</a> founder of Green and Blacks is joining the ladies in the studio to talk all things fair-trade food, share entrepreneurial tips and business inspiration. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep 287: The Scary Truth About Giving Birth In The UK with Sowda Ali and Candice Brathwaite