Our first Migrants’ Maternal Health Conference 2024 is here!
We would like to invite you to our first Migrants' Maternal Health Conference 2024!
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London based volunteers required
For our Maternity Mates doula project. Please see the link to join up on the link below
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PhD success for Katherine Letley
Network member Katherine Letley has received a full scholarship to undertake a PhD within the Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research at City University, London. This project will examine the relationship between midwives and women seeking sanctuary on the Syrian Vulnerable Person's Resettlement Scheme. It will explore how this…
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NIHR FUNDING SUCCESS – The MAMAH Study: Migration and Maternal Health
A big congratulations to network member Dr Kerrie Stevenson who has received £450,000 of PhD fellowship funding from the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) for a project aiming to improve maternity care for underserved migrant women in the UK. Based at University College London and the University…
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Research network goes National
The Northern Maternity Stream research has expanded to become a National network. We welcome new members from across the country who share our research interests around improving maternity care for migrant women. They also share our ethos around the 'expert by experience' being central to our research.
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Official launch of the Maternity Stream research network
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Mel Cooper’s article “Hungry, homeless and pregnant: the migrant women facing destitution in the UK” has been published on The Conversation.
Good to get this into the public domain- shocking stories of the difficulties migrant women have experienced
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Webinar- The politics of Social Reproduction, Migration and the Hostile Environment during the Pandemic,
Gwyneth Lonergan will be speaking on Migrant women, reproductive justice, and the hostile environment during the Covid pandemic
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New publication for Gwyneth Lonergan
Gwyneth has written a working paper Who is a ‘Temporary Migrant’? Deservingness, Nationalism and Migrant Access to the NHS . Published in Doctors Within Borders’ working papers collection Healthcare Mobilities & National Health Systems: Working Papers Collection. The whole collection is excellent and may be of interest.
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New study- Exploring migrant women’s experiences of maternity care in the north of England
Dr Gwyneth Lonergan, Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at Lancaster University is looking for volunteers for this study. Please cascade around your…
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Network member involved in VDM 2020
'A review of perinatal social support interventions for asylum seeking and refugee women resident in Europe' poster
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Network members present at the International Normal Labour and Birth conference in Grange Over Sands
Diana Flores (Maternity Stream volunteer and service user) received a standing ovation at a key note presentation with network member…
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Wellcome Trust Fellowship for Gwyneth Lonergan
Congratulations to Gwyneth Lonergan, a member of our network who has secured a Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust at Lancaster University starting on the 1st June. She will be researching migrant women's experiences of maternity care in Leeds, Kirklees, and Manchester. A brief summary of this timely project:
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Iolanthe Midwifery Trust Award for Catherine Collins
Congratulations to Catherine for securing funding from the Iolanthe Trust to support her PhD exploring the maternity experiences of women who have been trafficked into the UK.
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Research network members present at conference in Oxford
Members of the Northern Maternity Stream research network were invited to present at a conference at Oxford Brookes University last…