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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Grace Holliday

‘I felt I was being assessed on my skin colour’: Black women around the world share their birth stories

A portrait of Shakia Stewart naked, with her hand over her breasts
Shakia Stewart, UK. Photograph: Kate Peters/The Guardian

‘The NHS is wonderful, but it is also a microcosm of our society. The same inequalities are played out’

Shakia Stewart, 34, global head of content, British Council, London

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