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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2025 · 14 MIN

How Black women and others experience discrimination at work while pregnant

from Race Reflections AT WORK · host Race Reflections

In today's episode Simone reflects on how Black women and others experience discrimination at work while pregnant, linked in to Black Maternal Health Week that took place in April earlier this year, organised by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance: https://blackmamasmatter.org/They consider the range of people who experience pregnancies, and define and explore the spectrum of gender identities, and discuss the relationship of biology and gender. They use the article  Black Birthing Persons Matter—All of Them by Zahada (Kiersten) Gillette-Pierce: https://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/perspectives/articles/black-birthing-persons-matter as a jumping off point as well as drawing on their own research around reproductive journeys of transgender and non binary people.Then they look at "'Oh gosh, why go?' cause they are going to look at me and not hire": intersectional experiences of black women navigating employment during pregnancy and parenting by Mehra et al: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36627577/Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

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In today's episode Simone reflects on how Black women and others experience discrimination at work while pregnant, linked in to Black Maternal Health Week that took place in April earlier this year, organised by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance: https://blackmamasmatter.org/ They consider the range of people who experience pregnancies, and define and explore the spectrum of gender identities, and discuss the relationship of biology and gender. They use the article Black Birthing Pe...

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