Journal Club

Understanding Bias, Evidence & Lived Experience in Inclusive & Culturally Responsive Maternity Care

A culturally safe space for reflection, critique, and collective knowledge‑building

Upcoming sessions

  • Obstetric Power, hierarchy, and exclusion in Midwifery research

    To expose how Western evidence is constructed and who it serves

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  • Whose bodies are centred; whose are erased

    To identify structural bias in midwifery practice

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  • Racial bias in assessment and treatment

    To challenge harmful assumptions and strengthen advocacy

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  • Patterns of coercion, dismissal, and harm

    To name lived realities and build collective language.

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  • African, Caribbean, Pasifika, South Asian traditions


    To uplift culturally grounded, community‑led approaches

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  • Doulas, aunties, elders, intergenerational care

    To honour ancestral systems of support

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Past sessions

About the Journal Club

This Journal Club was created to offer a dedicated, culturally grounded space for Black and Brown midwives, nurses, and other culturally and linguistically diverse practitioners.


Here, lived experience is recognised as expertise.
Here, we examine research through a diaspora lens.
Here, we speak freely, think critically, and imagine better care for our communities.

Our sessions blend academic inquiry with reflective conversation, allowing us to explore how evidence is constructed, how it shapes practice, and how we can reclaim our voices within it.

Who This Space Is For?

This is a specialised academic journal club designed for midwives from diverse backgrounds, particularly Black and brown communities. The purpose is to create a dedicated space to discuss maternal health issues that disproportionately affect Black and brown women—topics that are often overlooked in mainstream professional development forums. While this Journal Club centres the experiences, voices, and leadership of Black and Brown practitioners, 

we welcome all midwives and nurses who wish to familiarise themselves with these topics in a respectful, reflective way.

This space may be valuable for practitioners who want to:

  • Deepen their understanding of cultural safety

  • Learn how racism and bias shape maternity care

  • Engage with research through a diaspora‑centred lens

  • Strengthen their allyship and accountability in clinical settings

Participants from all backgrounds are invited to join with openness, humility, and a willingness to listen and learn.

Sessions: 6 pm – 8 pm AEST. Zoom link will be sent with email confirmation.

Frequency: Sessions will run every 6 weeks on Tuesdays.

Format: A selected journal article will be shared in advance for participants to read.

Accessibility: Free of charge, with a link provided for easy online participation.

Duration: Each session will last approximately two hours.

Facilitation: Guided discussion with structured questions to encourage reflection, knowledge-sharing, and collaborative problem-solving.

Focus: Identifying care strategies, highlighting gaps in practice, and exploring areas where further research is urgently needed.

This journal club will serve as both a professional development opportunity and a collective advocacy platform, addressing the under-resourced areas of maternal health that impact Black and brown women.

For more info or to contribute, please send an email to: team@diannemorris.com

A space for Black and brown midwives to learn, connect and share knowledge….