Last June, we launched the short documentary Immigrant Women: Periods and Cycles in Transition. The initiative is part of the Harabi Menopause Project, developed by Efficacy Eva and You & Me_nopause. The video was developed in partnership with Respeito and MinA (Migrants in Action) and explores the experience of menopause in women from different cultures and backgrounds. After the screening, there was a conversation about menopause led by Dr. Yansie Rolston (project creator) with the participation of Debi Lewinson Roberts and guest speakers.
Dr Yansie Rolston has extensive expertise in health equality. She designs, implements, and evaluates health equality strategies for marginalised communities. Her work also includes research and facilitation of workshops and community conversations on mental health and well-being, menopause, and the cultural contexts of bereavement, grief, and loss. She is the co-editor of Black & Menopausal-intimate stories of navigating the change; and her chapter Peep Inside the Menopause Vulva features in More Than Talk. She is the executive producer of Our Grief – a documentary on the intersections of Black women’s grief, and set up and manages www.bayo.uk a platform that provides wellbeing support for Black young people.
Yansie is the founder of www.youandmenopause.com, raising awareness of diversity in menopause. She is the executive producer of a series of menopause documentary films: Our Menopause -the Black Woman; Queer & Menopausal; and Our Menopause: Afro-Brazilian & African Women. The launch of the video Immigrant Women – Periods and Cycles in Transition marks the release of the fourth documentary of the series.
