# The challenges ethnic minority women can face experiencing the menopause.

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Podcast: [Menopause Matters, Let’s Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/menopause-matters-let-s-talk-6918957)
Published: 2025-08-26T05:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

This episode we start the conversation about this incredibly challenging and often misunderstood topic. Much more work needs to be done in this area within communities and within healthcare. To help us navigate our way through the many issues women can face we are delighted to welcome onto the podcast Dr Shasi Prasad a GP, BMS accredited Advanced Menopause Specialist and Women’s Integrative & Functional Medicine Doctor. Useful links & resources: ·       Women’s Health concern :  www.womens-health-concern.org/help-and-advice/factsheets ·       British Menopause society: https://thebms.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20-BMS-TfC-Menopause-in-ethnic-minority-women-JULY2023-B.pdf ·       Menopause Matters :  www.menopausematters.co.uk ·       Let’s Talk Menopause :  www.letstalkmenopause.co.uk ·       NHS inform:  www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/womens-health ·       National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23/chapter/recommendations Dr Shashi Prasad is a GP, BMS accredited Advanced Menopause Specialist and Women’s Integrative & Functional Medicine Doctor. She is involved in raising menopause awareness in all ethnic communities to help equalise the disparity in menopause care. She has produced a toolkit for the British Menopause Society- “Menopause in Ethnic Minority” which has been published in “The Post reproductive Journal”. She is a member of Royal College of General Practitioners, British Menopause Society, International Menopause Society and Institute of Functional Medicine. She run…

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