Welcome to our fourth episode of the Complexion Podcast, getting under the skin of what it feels like to be non-white*, by hearing from the voices we traditionally don't - everyday extraordinary Global Majority women's voices.

*Please note the term non-white is used to describe the concept of the shared experience, which is the thread to these conversations and not used to describe identity or complexion.

In this conversation Benash Nazmeen explores some of the impacts of colourism, how we can be called to professions from our ancestry and how we deal with our triggers when it comes to racism. Benash shares ways she’s found ways to hold and nurture the positive aspects of her complexion, as well as to create change where it’s needed.

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Benash Nazmeen is a migrant, a midwife & a mentor. She is currently working in Midwifery Education and is an early career researcher.

She is passionate about addressing health inequalities & invested in improving maternity services for those we care for and those who work in them

She has co-designed and runs cultural competency and safety workshops for maternity healthcare professionals.

She co-founded the Association of South Asian Midwives (ASAM), they work to support marginalised midwives & raise awareness of barriers faced by diverse communities.

https://asamidwives.co.uk/