Written By Sahanna Lotus Garam

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Dr. Penelope Neocleous, Co-founder
Dr. Penelope Neocleous, Co-founder

Penelope is a family medicine resident at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver. She has been involved in advocacy and refugee work through Amnesty International for over a decade. Her medical interests include obstetrical, sexual and reproductive health.

References

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  2. Chalmers, B., & Omer-Hashi, K. (2002). What Somali women say about giving birth in Canada. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 20(4), 267–282. https://doi.org/10.1080/0264683021000033183   

  3. Spitzer, D. L. (2006). The impact of policy on Somali Refugee Women in Canada. Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, 47–54. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21354 

  4. Khanlou, N., Haque, N., Skinner, A., Mantini, A., & Kurtz Landy, C. (2017). Scoping Review on Maternal Health among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Care. Journal of pregnancy, 2017, 8783294. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8783294

  5. Elmi, H.-S. (2016, March 2). Somali Women's Experiences with Obstetrician Care Providers During Childbirth in Canada. Simon Fraser University Summit Research Repository. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://summit.sfu.ca/item/17068

  6. Jacobson, D., Glazer, E., Mason, R., Duplessis, D., Blom, K., Du Mont, J., Jassal, N., & Einstein, G. (2018). The lived experience of female genital cutting (FGC) in Somali-Canadian women's daily lives. PloS one, 13(11), e0206886. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206886

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