At the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative (SRBWI), we believe that the women most affected by systemic injustices are the true experts in identifying challenges and solutions. Our Community-Based Participatory Research (CPR) program ensures that Black women in the rural South lead the research that directly impacts their lives and communities. Our participatory research model emerged from […]
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Welcome to the SRBWI Ambassador Program! About the Ambassador Program: The SRBWI Ambassador Program brings together young women from communities in the Alabama Blackbelt, Southwest Georgia and Mississippi Delta to raise awareness and advocate for cervical cancer prevention. Each ambassador brings a unique perspective, but all share the common goal of making a lasting impact on
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SRBWI and Human Rights Watch partner to produce a 94-page report, “No Excuse: Inadequate Cervical Cancer Prevention and Care for Black Women in the United States Mississippi Delta,” that documents that state and federal policies and a lack of investment in prevention are failing to ensure Black women in the rural Mississippi Delta. To view
Atlanta – The United States federal and many state and local governments are not doing enough to end cervical cancer deaths, the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice (SRBWI) and Human Rights Watch said in a report today issued during cervical cancer awareness month and focused on the state of Georgia. In 2021, an estimated 4,290 women in the United States died from cervical cancer, including disproportionately high numbers of Black women. Human Rights Watch first reported on the issue three years ago, with a focus on Alabama.
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This groundbreaking report, “We Need Access,” is based on interviews by SRBWI, Human Rights Watch, and nine community-based researchers with Black women living in three rural counties (Baker, Coffee, and Wilcox) in Georgia. The research has found that Georgia state and US federal policies neglect the reproductive healthcare needs of Black women and contribute to an environment in which they are dying of cervical cancer, a highly preventable disease, at disproportionate rates.
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