Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት::

Birth Companion | Lactation consultant | inclusion and equity strategist. *formerly Hirut Eyob"

[QMNC Research Alliance @QMNC_Research]

🔥 January Calabash Cafe
Injera Epistemology: An Indigenous Ethiopian Feminist Framework
A Presentation & Discussion
Free for QMNC members→https://t.co/3vBZAxO4ZV
#CalabashCafe #QMNC #BirthResearch
Presented by: @Micknai with guest moderator Melissa Cheyney @TheUpliftLab

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

an offering,
a nuanced perspective,
grounded in my queer Ethiopian-Jewish embodied wisdom.

hope that you see parts of you reflected back

‘I unapologetically choose love’: A queer Ethiopian-Jewish woman’s view https://t.co/cBdgscjF6t via @HealthyDebate

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

I am speaking at ISRHML Conference 2022. Please checkout the details of my talk at: https://t.co/zpOBTagjWo

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

BIRTHING WHILE BLACK DURING COVID-19
a national audio-visual project
Do you have a story to share? I'm listening! https://t.co/1NM2TVbXqZ

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

@YorkUPresident Concerned Black student wants to know @YUGSA84 @YorkUnews

[SafelyFed Canada @safelyfedcanada]

Have worries or questions about feeding your baby during #COVID19 ? We have suggestions & resources w/ more to come: https://t.co/5MsTJWlrEP #breastfeeding #iycfe

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

great advice from @GovCanHealth "no evidence of mother-to-child transmission through childbirth when the mother gets COVID-19...unlikely that COVID-19 can be transmitted while breastfeeding"

[CIHR-IHDCYH @CIHR_IHDCYH]

Check out “Pregnancy, childbirth and caring for newborns: Advice for mothers (#COVID19)” from the Public Health Agency of Canada @GovCanHealth More info: https://t.co/wdFU5Qm1C6

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

@CBCMontreal unacceptable! why are they not respecting the recommendations of the WHO?this policy disproportionately impactS marginalized families- FYI: institutional racism and health inequity do not go away during a pandemic

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

@Justin_Ling appreciate your intervention this morning! i do reproductive justice advocacy- do you know what is going on with pregnant and lactating women in detention centers and their babies? can't seem to get an answer. gonna DM you

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

@YIbukun @ProteanIntl @FictionsofHaiti @DrEricaJohnson @CindyErmus @SharonStrocchia @MaddenAmanda @school_tales @LaviniaMaddalu1 @xtinaramos81 @evelynwelch2013 @jenheemstra @medievalatX @egaffney4 @Handwerkwissen @murphyhs2019 @DrMMacLeod @kacytillman @JessicaMDeWitt @CorinneGressang @Crystallynnweb @AGCarmichael1 @AnneHardgrove @jackiantonovich @monicaMedHist @TabitaSurge @MeghanKRoberts @elizabethdean82 @ashleyrattner @DannaAgmon @drhonor @Lady_Historian @Laprofmme @SKayLawton @JuliaGaffield @ofeibeaq @maffaul @SimiDos @GFUniforms @AmogelangMbatha @misanrewane @IerJonathan @lolashoneyin @chitranagarajan @AlakeTope @Olurounbi @Winnie_Byanyima @AmakaAnku @alexis_ok seeing this just now! <3 back to you @YIbukun

[TalkingRadical.ca @TalkingRadical]

LISTEN: Hirut Melaku and Rachel Zellers are part of the Third Eye Collective, a group of Black women mostly based in Montreal who are working to develop transformative justice approaches for responding to sexual and gendered violence. https://t.co/fvaCRFsip0

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

@SahleWorkZewde selam:) looking forward to hearing you speak today!Would 😍to spend a few min with you

[SafelyFed Canada @safelyfedcanada]

@Katja_Iversen @MeetVancouver @VancouverSun @CityofVancouver @jjhorgan @kennedystewart @CanadaDev @Women_Canada @CanadaWD2019 @MaryamMonsef @humanmilknews and @justbreastfed are coming from Edmonton and Toronto, Canada!

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

Just submitted my video on why #genderequality matters to me in support of #WeDeliver2019! Dare you to do the same ;) https://t.co/7N5Mtytmh1

[Hirut Melaku, IBCLC ::ሂሩት:: @justbreastfed]

Mother's day trauma.I have every intention of submitting to the UN Violence Against Women experience of black women in KKKanada.Why not do the same?submissions on mistreatment&violence against wmn during reproductive health care&facility-based child birth https://t.co/Qm9tuZw49F

[Alison Stuebe @astuebe]

Speaking now: Hirut Melaku on unpacking emergency responses in 2017 - Haitian refugees expelled from US who walked from New York to Canada #BFfem18

[SafelyFed Canada @safelyfedcanada]

Hirut Melaku sharing her experience in supporting a mother who birthed shortly after seeking asylum in Canada: heart-wrenching story of #obstetricviolence & failures to support dyad #bffem18