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(Archive) Birth Reborn

Using Design to Address Barriers to Equitable Maternal Care for Black Women

This project was part of DDW 2020

Kin App: Democratizing the doula experience — © Victoria Ayo

At a time when the maternal mortality rate in the US is soaring, Victoria Ayo's thesis, Birth Reborn aims to give voice and power back to black women and mothers.

This project explores how design can build more awareness, facilitate the integration of ancestral knowledge, leverage the community, and help eliminate barriers to equitable birth outcomes. Victoria proposes new realities for collective care, bringing th