Menopause Whilst Black

This week, we had an amazing conversation about the menopause with the wonderful Karen Arthur (she/her). Karen is a 59-year-old grandmother and fashion creative who is committed to helping diversify the menopause scene with her podcast ‘Menopause Whilst Black’, which is now in its second series. Online sex shop Jo Divine have given us a 10% discount code especially for this episode. Head to https://www.jodivine.com/ and use DC2021 in checkout!We also give a round-up of the latest sexual health and social justice issues including women feeling pressured to take long-term reversible contraception, HPV stigma, WHO’s recommendation for ‘women of childbearing age’ to never drink and the need to talk about men and miscarriage.You can check out the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (she/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (she/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round-up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

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