Birthing Across Borders: Indigenous maternal care in Dadaab

MY World 360° March 2021 Playlist selection

A guided tour by indigenous Somali midwives showing the complex, often overlooked birth journeys of refugee women living in Dadaab, one of the worlds’ largest refugee camps.

Producers: Josephine Gitome, Dr. Muthoni Mainah, Brian Afande, Elizabeth Ngina, Edwin Nyongesa, Susan Munguti, Jen Bagelman, as a partnership between BlackRhinoVR and Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya and Newcastle University in Newcastle, Northumberland, United Kingdom.

Sustainable Development Goals addressed:

• Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being – Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
• Goal 4: Quality Education – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
• Goal 5: Gender Equality – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth – Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
• Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities – Reduce inequality within and among countries

Discussion Prompts

• Why do you think this team chose the medium of 360 video to record these training video resources?
• What other uses can you think of for using immersive media for education and training purposes?

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