PURPOSE:
This presentation outlines a comprehensive roadmap for reducing epistemic injustice in global midwifery and physiologic birth research by addressing systemic barriers that prevent equitable knowledge production and dissemination across diverse geographical and cultural contexts.

DISCUSSION:
The research process encompasses six critical stages: conceptualization, accessing data sets, analysis, submission, manuscript access, and dissemination. Each stage presents unique roadblocks that perpetuate epistemic injustice, including financial paywalls, language barriers requiring English write-ups, limited access to datasets, reviewer bias, pressure for open access publication, and inadequate knowledge translation mechanisms. The global knowledge production map reveals significant disparities, with research concentration heavily skewed toward high-income countries like the USA, UK, and Switzerland, while underrepresenting voices from low- and middle-income nations despite their substantial contributions to global maternal and newborn health outcomes.

EVIDENCE WHERE RELEVANT:
Digital knowledge translation strategies demonstrate measurable impact in disrupting closed citation circles, with social media campaigns achieving significant engagement including 1.8K shares and extensive peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. The QMNC platform provides concrete examples of collaborative research networks that successfully bridge geographical and institutional divides through working groups, conferences, and multilingual accessibility initiatives.

KEY MESSAGE:
Reducing epistemic injustice requires systematic intervention across all research stages through strategic networking with organizations like QMNC (Quality Maternal & Newborn Care), engaging in mentorship programs, utilizing peer writing groups, seeking multi-center datasets, and implementing diverse knowledge translation strategies including social media campaigns and virtual journal issues. The Uplift Research and Reproductive Equity Laboratory exemplifies how digital platforms can democratize research dissemination and promote global collaboration in maternal and newborn health research, ultimately advancing epistemic justice in this critical field. Poster session 4 (Group B)