Newly launched films by the Maternity Stream have gone global reaching as far as Australia!
Film 1 – “Childbirth in the UK, stories from refugees” is a film of first-hand accounts of the many challenges refugee and asylum seeking women often face throughout pregnancy, birth and the early stages of motherhood. Watching the women speak about the physical, emotional and cultural difficulties they have sought to overcome is thought provoking, enlightening and heart wrenching.
Film 2 – “Childbirth in the UK; a guide for refugees” is a film for refugee and asylum seeking women to gain an understanding of how to access maternity care in the UK. The film documents the real life experiences of of women talking about their experiences of being pregnant and giving birth in the UK. This film is in the process of being translated into 8 languages.
The content of the films has been led by asylum seeking and refugee women and links with the model “Pregnant Woman in the Global Context developed by Dr Mel Cooper, University of Bradford.
The films and model will be a great educational resource for midwives and other health professionals working with asylum seekers and refugees who are pregnant or more generally when accessing health care.
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