“On the (Passive and Active) Black Maternal Femicide Crisis” — The Labors of Resurrection Book Talk

Please join the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice for a thought-provoking discussion with The Labors of Resurrection author Prof. Shatema Threadcraft, in conversation Prof. Khiara M. Bridges, on Thursday, March 12th from 12:50 – 2pm in Berkeley Law, Room 170. 

Black women face a crisis of premature death. They are 10% of the femme population yet represent 59% of women murdered. Most often these deaths are instances of intimate partner violence, and thus, according to the Latin American Model Protocol for the investigation of gender-related killings of women, considered a form of femicide. There is evidence to suggest that the racial disparity in feminine murder is a part of the Black maternal health crisis. Black women are not only more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum year than white women, which the Model Protocol considers a form of “passive” femicide, they are at acute risk of “active” femicide, as murder is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the US, and researchers hold that pregnancy-related murders may account for all of the racial disparities observed in fatal violence against women. The talk will delve into the critical examination of the Black femicide crisis as a challenge at the intersection of anti-violence work and birth justice organizing.

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