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Column: Black women health - Breastfeeding: Empowering Black Women
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2007 Breastfeeding is related to women’s reproduction and health. All women have the right to breastfeed as enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Isabel CF da Cruz
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Experiences of and support for black women in ecology, evolution, and marine science
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Systemic racism and sexism are well documented in ecology, evolution, and marine science. To combat this, institutions are making concerted efforts to recruit more diverse people by focusing on the recruitment of Black people.
Nikki Traylor-Knowles +16 more
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Creativity, Resilience and Resistance: Black Birthworkers’ Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Frontiers in Sociology, 2021 This article documents the experiences of Black birthworkers supporting pregnant and birthing people and new mamas during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Julia Chinyere Oparah +6 more
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Criticality Is Crucial: Fidelity in What We Say and What We Do
Studies in Engineering Education, 2021 Martin and Garza’s (2020) article presented a commendable case for empowering marginalized students in engineering education research at a poignant moment in global history.
James Holly, Jr.
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Gynocentrism in Langston Hughes selected poetic works
RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2022 Gynocentrism exclusive focuses on women both as theory and practice. Anything can be considered gynocentric when it is concerned exclusively with a female point of view. The works of Langston Hughes, which reflect the intersection of races and genders in
R. Prathap Chandran, P. Kumaresan
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Les Cahiers ALHIM, 2022 This article aims at analyzing Almerinda Farias Gama’s fronts of political action. Gama (1899-1999) was a black suffragist and feminist who played a central role in the construction of female political emancipation in Brazil, especially in the 1930s ...
Patrícia Cibele Tenório
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“Unmanageable”: Exploring Black Girlhood, Storytelling, and Ideas of Beauty
Open Cultural Studies, 2022 This article explores how Black women use storytelling to construct their Black girlhood on the axes of Black hair and beauty politics. The study includes a discourse analysis of a series of focus groups with a student organization dedicated to Black ...
Rowe Kristin Denise
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Obesity Is Associated with Increased F2-Isoprostanes and IL-6 in Black Women
Endocrines, 2023 Obesity affects over 40% of the adult population and is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. Black women have one of the highest prevalences of obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and cardiovascular events
Mohammad Saleem +7 more
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The Pedagogy of Renewal: Black Women, Reclaiming Joy, and Self-Care as Praxis
Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2022 The 2020 quote defining the pandemic era was “The New Normal,” which, for Black women, implies a need for structural and personal transformation. In this essay, we incorporate the concepts of culturally relevant pedagogy (Bell & Jackson, 2021) and ...
Ashley R. Hall, Tiffany J. Bell
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