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Dr Esther Sharma

@esthersharma.bsky.social
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Researching maternity & migration | #Afghanistan #Serbia | King's College London | personal account | birthingontheway.wixsite.com/project

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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Does anyone know of a paper that describes or provides examples of how participants can be involved in data analysis / interpretation using creative methods? @helenkara.bsky.social @jpueblafortier.bsky.social
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 10/09/2025
On time and on budget? Whaaat? Make this man prime minister immediately www.ft.com/content/639a...
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Just published @mitpress.bsky.social our chapter: Anthropological Perspectives on Health System Resilience. Wonderful to work with @dianeduclos.bsky.social and @profkarlblanchet.bsky.social on this. Download for free here: shorturl.at/A6qmC
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Anthropological Perspectives on Health System Resilience
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
New! Self-study course 'Introduction to Research Ethics'. Free to LMIC scholars. Covers everything from understanding ethics and examples of good practice to what not to do. Also, I wrote it, so you know it'll be engaging and useful 😉 Please share #AcademicSky risingscholars.net/en/news/deta...
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Rising Scholars - Announcement: New Self-Study Course! Introduction to Research Ethics
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Brings back memories of being presented an award by Julia Neuberger in sixth form many years ago!
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Dr Amanda Firth @dramandafirthrm.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Are you a midwife who has significant experience of using interpreters to discuss mental health with women? How do you do that effectively? 🤔. Would you be willing to share those experiences and help help shape future good practice recommendations? 🤔 Contact me 4 more info…
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
This is a fantastic project led brilliantly by @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social with some really exciting contributions. A real treat for anyone interested in #migration
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/09/2025
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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Maeve O'Connell @thelovelymaeve.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
🆕 Our new paper just out in the Journal of Advanced Nursing! What’s it like to be a midwife in Europe doing a doctorate? Big thanks to the 207 midwives & associations who took part 💙 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Midwifery #PhDlife #Research @ansluyben.bsky.social
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Expectations, Experiences and Contexts of European Midwives Pursuing a Doctoral Degree: A Twenty‐Three‐Country Exploratory Survey
Background Despite the increasing number of doctorally prepared midwives in Europe, particularly after the Bologna Declaration 1999, little is known about the context and experiences of their doctor...
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This looks incredible!
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
As a new PhD student I'd like to have known: *Dummies guide to how publishing works *Academic etiquette incl. how to reach out to those working in similar fields *What to do during a PhD to give oneself the greatest chance of success in academia at the end of it all
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Yesterday: Nigel Farage says Reform UK "will detain and deport absolutely anyone that comes via that route.. Yes, women and children" Today: Nigel Farage, "Deportation of illegal immigrants, we were not even discussing women and children at this stage. The news reports who said that were wrong"
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Absolutely outrageous that the Taliban claim that Afghanistan is a "place where everyone can live with dignity" and equally outrageous that Farage wants to do a returns deal with them. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn #genderapartheid www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Taliban: We’re ready to work with Farage on migrants
Senior official says they will not take money but instead accept aid to support any Afghans deported under Reform plans
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International Confederation of Midwives @internationalmidwives.org · 28/07/2025
Why is Texas limiting midwives’ ability to care for women—especially in rural areas? Silvia Esparza calls on lawmakers to grant midwives full practice authority. zurl.co/t6rvJ
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Another View: The state regulation preventing midwives from serving Texas women
Granting certified nurse-midwives full practice authority aligns with conservative principles. It is time for Texas lawmakers to take action.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This is the Home Office behaving exactly as intended: The visa fees paid by a grieving widower to bring his wife to the UK are kept. Despite the face that she literally died before she made it to UK soil. We need to rip this broken institution apart.
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This is a disaster for maternal health in Afghanistan
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
A much needed few days of head space to write @cumberlandlodge.bsky.social with the @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Methodologies Crew. Amazing how much one can get done when in beautiful surroundings with a constant flow of gastronomical treats (and the odd game of croquet!)
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Do you work on improving health and equity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)? Have YOUR chance to: -Democratise research and evidence for implementation! -Win a £50 voucher in the prize draw! Have your say: bit.ly/Survey-ENG-gf OR Choose from 9 languages: bit.ly/implementers...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This is outrageous and must be condemned by all nations! US seeks to gut UN Sustainable Development Goals development www.devex.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: US seeks to gut UN development goals
American negotiators proposed hundreds of amendments aimed at reversing prior commitments to achieving U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Amazing funded opportunity to apply to do a PhD with us on food insecurity! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Addressing food insecurity through better food aid and improved collaboration at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Addressing food insecurity through better food aid and improved collaboration at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
NEW BLOG POST: Doing a project per career stage versus executing multiple projects: Pros, cons and my own experience www.raulpacheco.org/2025/06/doin... In which I reflect on whether I could have taken a more linear, one-project-per-career-stage approach. #RPVSky
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Doing a project per career stage versus executing multiple projects: Pros, cons and my own experience
Should you do a single project for each of your career stages or should you
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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Choose the research method that suits your participants and answers your research question. Not the one that you’ve got a cool new Miro board for. Not the one you heard about on LinkedIn. Not the one you want to mention on your CV. That is all.
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Zan Times @zantimes.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This year has been devastating for Afghan refugees. As Afghanistan is plagued by insecurity, economic collapse, and deepening poverty, both Iran and Pakistan have started large-scale mass deportation of Afghan refugees. zantimes.com/2025/06/03/n...
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First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The winning poster from @uclan.ac.uk MAINN conference last week presenting a case study of #Code compliant support for families in temporary accommodation, drawing on our eating well guide @unicef.org @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social #HCRG
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Soil Association @thesoilassociation.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
BREAKING - Govt. plans to back healthy food were BLOCKED by ultra-processed food giants 🚨 Our FOIA requests reveal food manufacturing lobbyists demanded that reference to ‘minimally processed and nutritious foods’ was removed from Government guidance - and they succeeded ✍ soilassociation.co/TTHTB
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
“There is a quiet violence, too, in the way the MOD dismisses Afghan testimony – as if Afghan lives are lesser lives, Afghan grief a lesser grief.” From @ianoverton.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/05/15/m...
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Murder in Uniform: Britain's Special Forces and Their Killings in Afghanistan
A groundbreaking new investigation has unveiled the horrifying scale of unlawful killing done in our name, reports Iain Overton
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 20/05/2025
The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or giving birth under drones.
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The war where women’s bodies lost their rights
The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or giving...
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A fantastic guide and toolkit on participatory research from Sally Lloyd-Evans and others research.reading.ac.uk/community-ba...
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
A sage reminder of the viciousness of migration integration policy: "The irony is sharp: we ask the most educated to integrate into a system that refuses to acknowledge their value." @ozbilgin.bsky.social
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Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We’re accepting applications for our Accelerator Awards. This opportunity aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that help them build a stronger profile to make successful career transitions within academia. Find out more ⤵️
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Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome
Eligibility and applications details for the Wellcome Accelerator Awards, which will support Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani researchers in the UK to make successful career transitions.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings This cartoon is frighteningly close to current realities! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Maternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Another finding from our new Pushed Into Poverty report....but no wonder when the average-earning women loses c£17k if she's on #maternity pay for nine months #EndPregnancyPoverty. Read the full findings @ maternityaction.org.uk
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Inserting into all future syllabi.
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Lots of fun today with a really engaged group (adults and toddlers alike!) using #storytelling and journey mapping to identify barriers to #AntenatalCare Putting into practice learning from a fab #storytelling training from @alisonthomson.bsky.social #ParticipatoryResearchMethods
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
In crises, breastfeeding provides newborns with safe, clean, and reliable nutrition—essential for growth and survival. Including midwives in crisis response plans protects mothers and babies. #IDM2025 🔗 idm2025.internationalmidwives.org
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The Midwife in Action's Association Burundi @maabdi.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
May 5 is Int’l Day of the Midwife! 🌍 We celebrate midwives working in crisis zones, like DRC refugee camps, ensuring essential care continues. Also today: midterm review of #VyaraUheke with the support from WHO Burundi Thank you for investing in midwives! #IDM2025 #MAABurundi #MidwivesSaveLives
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International Confederation of Midwives @internationalmidwives.org · 05/05/2025
🎥 Watch Anna af Ugglas, ICM Chief Executive, wish a heartfelt #IDM2025 to midwives worldwide, honouring their care in every crisis. 💜 Happy International Day of the Midwife!
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Daniela Drandic @danieladrandic.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
On International Day of the Midwife #IDM2025 Learn how midwives contribute to building resilient, sustainable health systems in times of crisis with @internationalmidwives.org Register today 👉🏼 bit.ly/4idCgDx
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Martina Tazzioli @smartitaz.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Join us at the Summer School "Dissonant memories: geographies of migration, colonialism and trauma" at the University of Bologna🎉 September 8-12, 2025 centri.unibo.it/memorylab/it... No fees- deadline June 9 MA and PhD students Memory Lab - Department of History & Cultures
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Summer School "Dissonant memories: geographies of migration, colonialism and trauma"
Bologna • September 8th – September 12th, 2025
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This book looks amazing! Trying to get my hands on a copy....
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation. I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
When you hear Lyse Doucet it makes you realise how superficial is the rest of the BBC political coverage.
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Birth Companions @birthcompanions.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
We are recruiting for new Birth Companions volunteers in London! More info & application form: www.birthcompanions.org.uk/pages/3-beco... Sign up to the volunteering Q&A session we are hosting TOMORROW at 1:30pm: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8a2e80...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported. gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
“The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States,” Judge Ubaid ul-Haq, presiding from a courtroom on Varick Street, told a group of about a dozen children on a recent morning on Webex.

“It’s my job to figure out if you have to leave,” ul-Haq continued. “It’s also my job to figure out if you should stay.”

The parties included a 7-year-old boy, wearing a shirt emblazoned with a pizza cartoon, who spun a toy windmill while the judge spoke. There was an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister, in a tie-dye shirt, who squeezed a pink plushy toy and stuffed it into her sleeve. None of the children were accompanied by parents or attorneys, only shelter workers who helped them log on to the hearing.
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Very thankful to be part of this panel yesterday.
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Pregnant and Homeless in the UK: A Qualitative Analysis of Maternal Experiences in Temporary Accommodation Sara Cumming, Andrew Symon onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Pregnant and Homeless in the UK: A Qualitative Analysis of Maternal Experiences in Temporary Accommodation
A co-produced infographic summarises the experiences of mothers experiencing homelessness in pregnancy in the UK: feeling unsafe, feeling undermined as mothers and feeling unseen in midwifery blind s...
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Rachel Benchekroun @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Excited to be co-convening panel with Andrea Verdasco on Motherhood on the Move at ASA annual conference on this beautiful spring day in Birmingham! Looking forward to a day of fantastic presentations! @sriucl.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social @esthersharma.bsky.social
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Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Feeling sick. From bad to worse! #MaternalHealthMatters!!!
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Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
En route to Birmingham for the #ASA2025 conference! Really looking forward to the Motherhood on the Move panel, where I'll also be presenting.
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