We support and celebrate Black pregnancies across the UK
What we do
Black Mothers Matter deliver a range of resources and services that provide accurate, relevant, safer information and support to our community of Black & Mixed Black women and birthers.
We also work with professionals in the NHS and other organisations - so that they are more knowledgeable and better equipped to support all types of Black people giving birth.
Why we do it
We have a vision that one day Black mothers will no longer be in disproportionate danger* during pregnancy and the first year after birth.
Race or ethnicity should not be standalone risk factors during the perinatal period.
Until then there is work to be done.
Watch one of our founding director’s TEDx talk giving an insight to Black experiences in pregnancy.
*Black women are 3 times more likely to die.
Women from Black ethnic minority had a risk of maternal death that was nearly three times higher compared to White women. After slight decreases in the previous 6 years, the mortality rate for women in England from Black ethnic backgrounds increased in 2022-24.
MMBRACE UK REPORT 2025
*Our children are 2 times more likely to be stillborn.
Black women are twice as likely to have a stillborn baby than their white counterparts
J. Muglu et al., Risks of stillbirth and neonatal death with advancing gestation at term: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of 15 million pregnancies, PLOS Medicine 2019