"Birth": exploring global health inequality through the lens of childbirth
21 Jul 2016
What is the experience of giving birth as a refugee or in exile or as a displaced or stateless person? What does this tell us about our world?
Since 2011, over 70,000 Syrian children have been born in exile in Lebanon alone.
What is it like to give birth stateless and in transition and what is the impact on the women and children involved?
A nation risks losing an entire generation through stateless and unregistered births to mothers fleeing the conflict.
As one of the most pressing issues of our time, this is one of the questions driving B!RTH, a festival of work which will explore global health inequality through the lens of childbirth at the Royal Exchange Theatre on Monday, 25 July (6pm).
Join Professor Mukesh Kapila CBE, Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs, and award-winning Syrian playwright Liwaa Yazji, National Health and Maternity Coordinator for City of Sanctuary Rose McCarthy, with other panellists to explore the realities, the struggle and the hope of new life and what can be done to prevent a generation being forever lost.
Booking
Tickets £3.50.
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