“They were not listened to, they were not given the information they needed” Senior midwife Donna Ockenden describes an exclusive report which found that some Muslim women face maternity health inequalities due to islamophobia and racism Newsnight
A charity has launched an inquiry into why women from ethnic minorities are at a higher risk of serious harm or death in pregnancy and childbirth.Its year-long inquiry will gather views from parents, midwives, obstetricians and anti-racism campaigners.
"I do feel perhaps if he was lighter, even lighter but still black, they may have noticed it a lot sooner."It definitely felt that they just couldn't see my son, possibly in the way they would their own child, and definitely his skin colour had something to play in that. "What they tend to do is that they categorise you in say the ethnic box, or the Bangladeshi, the Muslim," she says.
Research suggests they have poorer pregnancy outcomes than white women and poorer experience of maternity care, the ONS says. "We are working on a new strategy to tackle inequality in maternity and neonatal care and have been fast-tracking our continuity of carer programme for women from ethnic-minority backgrounds, which is proven to significantly improve their overall experience of care."
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