{"id":2601,"date":"2021-11-02T10:53:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T10:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/?post_type=menopauselibrary&#038;p=2601"},"modified":"2023-10-26T14:50:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:50:40","slug":"menopause-specialists-advocating-for-women-of-colour-with-dr-nneka-nwokolo-and-dr-martina-toby","status":"publish","type":"menopauselibrary","link":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/menopause-library\/menopause-specialists-advocating-for-women-of-colour-with-dr-nneka-nwokolo-and-dr-martina-toby\/","title":{"rendered":"Menopause specialists advocating for women of colour with Dr Nneka Nwokolo and Dr Martina Toby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"124 - Menopause specialists advocating for women of colour with Dr Nneka Nwokolo and Dr Martina Toby\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=y5it3-11180af-pb&amp;from=embed&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;skin=f6f6f6&amp;btn-skin=8bbb4e&amp;size=150\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Nneka Nwokolo and Dr Martina Toby are both consultant physicians in sexual health and HIV medicine, and together they have joined forces to help educate and advocate for women of colour experiencing perimenopause and menopause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, the experts share what prompted them to set up the \u2018Shades of Menopause\u2019 Instagram group and the benefits of using social media to support women of colour. Together with Dr Louise Newson, they discuss some of the socioeconomic and cultural factors, as well as gender inequalities that affect a woman\u2019s experience of healthcare, and the unfortunate lack of research around use of HRT in women of colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nneka and Martina\u2019s three tips to women of colour:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do your own research and ask other women about their experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See your GP for help. Ask who is the best person to see at your practice. Go equipped with knowledge already, and you will get a much better outcome.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are not alone, millions of women like you are going through it. If you feel you can\u2019t speak up, find a friend who is willing to do it for you. Your voice matters and needs to be heard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the podcast guests on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shadesofmenopause\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shades of Menopause.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Nneka Nwokolo and Dr Martina Toby are both consultant physicians in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6706,"template":"","subject":[108],"content-type":[17],"library-format":[14],"library-author":[],"class_list":["post-2601","menopauselibrary","type-menopauselibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","subject-ethnic-groups","content-type-podcast","library-format-listen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary\/2601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/menopauselibrary"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"library-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-format?post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"library-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-author?post=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}