Chenery-morris, Samantha and Divers, Jo (2024) The diversity debate: Is midwifery higher education addressing the challenges of systemic racism? British Journal of Midwifery, 32 (7). ISSN 0969-4900

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Abstract

This series of six articles is inspired by themes initially arising from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM 2023) State of Midwifery Education report. The series explores the current landscape and challenges in educating the future midwifery workforce, particularly those that pertain to the Higher Education workforce. This third article highlights the lack of Global Majority midwifery academics. We chart the decisions and experiences of Global Majority applicants and students in midwifery Higher Education. The barriers these students face include systemic and individual racism. These experiences likely impact on Global Majority midwives choosing academic careers, yet we need greater diversity and representation in our education workforce. We therefore explore how this might be achieved by examining the sources of systemic racism and how we decolonise midwifery curricula to tackle the inequality not just for educators and professionals but for the women in our care.

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