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Phyll: If you don’t exercise self-care, you will burnout

TweetPhyll Opoku-Gyimah is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of UK Black Pride, and Head of Campaigns at the largest civil service trade union. Here she describes the demands on her time, and how...

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Ravina: I’m a Sikh lesbian but I’m so much more than my sexuality

TweetRavina was born in the UK and is of Indian descent. She identifies as a Sikh lesbian, having ended her marriage with a non-British man. My story started when I developed an attraction to the same...

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Hosanna (part II): Cultural obstacles killed my husband, not HIV

TweetHosanna’s husband passed away after being diagnosed with HIV in Zimbabwe. HIV-positive herself, she has since moved to the UK and founded Hwupenyu Health and Wellbeing in Glasgow, a support...

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Seyi: Why I set up a mentoring organisation for Black women

TweetTRiBE is a UK-based organisation that aims to empower and improve the professional and social experiences of Black women, by running a mentorship programme, events and workshops. As TRiBE turns...

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Decriminalising Minds: South Asians and Mental Health

TweetThis month, the South Asian Diaspora Society at SOAS, London, hosted ‘Decriminalising Minds’, bringing together four young panellists to discuss South Asians and mental health. Drawing upon their...

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Hosanna (part III): It’s important that people living with HIV have a sense...

TweetHosanna found out she was HIV-positive 15 years ago, and has since founded Hwupenyu Health and Wellbeing in Glasgow, a support service that aims to provide empowerment to women living with HIV. In...

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Comfort: My FGM clinic saves lives, and that drives me to keep going

TweetDr. Momoh is a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) public health specialist and campaigner for the abolition of FGM. She is of Nigerian descent and runs her own FGM clinic, The African Well Woman’s...

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Shaista Gohir: We need to keep breaking down barriers for Muslim women

TweetForced off the bus for speaking another language; shouted at in public for ‘being different’; bullied, assaulted and abused for her sartorial choices. Hate crimes against religious and ethnic...

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Hibo: The trauma of FGM is imprinted in your head

TweetHibo Wardere is a Somalia-born campaigner against FGM, who has worked with local councils, professionals and schools to end the practice. She came to the U.K. as an asylum seeker in 1989, having...

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Sandra: My advice to BAME nurses? Empower yourselves!

TweetSandra moved to the UK from South Africa in 2000, and is now a Lead Nurse for Integrated Sexual Health in the NHS. Last year she won a prestigious ‘Leader of Inclusivity’ Award from the NHS London...

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