About
Menopause Whist Black Season Eight, episode SEVEN is with Simphiwe Sesane.
'There's no 'guilt' in pleasure!'
Simphiwe Sesane is a speaker, host, medical educator, and an experienced contraception and sexual health nurse consultant, a Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) Trainer. She is also the Founder and CEO of Black Nurses & Midwives UK.
Simphiwe has a special interest in contraception, menopause, Black maternal health and improving sexual and reproductive healthcare access for marginalised and vulnerable groups.
She has had her expertise published in various articles including The Guardian and The Telegraph. Sim-p-hiwe is also very active on social media (@blacknurses_midwives_uk). Other features include podcasts, radio, Parliamentary Groups and the Davina McCall’s Pill Revolution documentary. Simphiwe was an award nominee finalist for the Caribbean & African Network Black Healthcare Awards 2024, and and award for The Motherhood Group Black Maternal Health Awards 2025
Through Black Nurses & Midwives UK, Simphiwe delivers impactful events supporting Black students, nurses and midwives to thrive in their careers. Simphiwe has become a speaker of choice at events. She passionately shares on women’s health, with emphasis on equitable healthcare.
We discuss:
> her passion for sharing accurate sexual health education
> health inequities for Black women ans her personal birth stories
> breaking the shame around sex and sexual pain
> myths around sexual pleasure and how to reclaim it
and so much more!
*Contains adult topics
NOTES:
Gina app - The worlds first app decdeicated to sexual pain.
Talking Taboos - tackling challenging social issues that are seen as 'taboo'.
Sam Talks Sex - intimate health and pleasure expert and founder of Jo Divine - adult toys and sexual advice
Groundbreaking research on intimacy and pleasure OMGYes.com
Always remember that each guest is one human having their own unique menopause experience, opinions are their own and no two journeys will be exactly the same. Please use these epsiodes to do your own research.
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Karen Arthur is a broadcaster, artist, author and menopause activist. She is also host of bi-weekly weekend radio show on Golddust radio 'Can We Talk' now halfway through it's second year.
'Grandmas Locs', celebrating the diversity of Afro hair, is Karens debut childrens book. Out now in the UK with Tate publishing. US release date June 10th 2025.
Thank you Team MWB @beyongolia and @yaa___studio . You are bloody amazing.
*we recognise that inclusive language is important in ensuring that ALL who experience menopause are seen and heard. The term women is used whilst mindful of this.
