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15 posts todayWorking more and making less: Canada needs to protect immigrant women care workers as they age
Working more and making less: Canada needs to protect immigrant women care workers as they age
't is the very least we can do to ensure that immigrant women care workers are able to age with financial security, dignity and adequate social protections.' #Canada https://t.co/LBbhRo...
Early deaths among women living in poverty exceed rates seen 20 years ago
'A report said that #Scotland is in the grip of a “social emergency” as death rates rise among women under the age of 65 in some of the most deprived neighbourhoods.' https://t.co/N3ihJt...
The Price of Being a Woman in Mexico | Davis Vanguard
'According to the #Mexico Peace Index, “femicides…also rose significantly in this period, from 427 reported victims in 2015 to 1,004 in 2021, marking a 135 percent increase.”' By Alexa Castruita #Femicide https://t.co/XbOaT4...
Claudia Jones Was a Giant in the Struggle Against Oppression
'The memory of her activism endures. So, too, does her groundbreaking theorization of black women’s oppression, which remains urgently relevant today.' By @Ca_Rule https://t.co/KE95h5...
Women who suffer domestic abuse three times as likely to attempt suicide
The Fight to Save Black Mothers' Lives
These Black Women Were Pioneers Of the Right to Vote Campaigns
'The first known African American suffragist and among the most famous was Sojourner Truth. In 1851 she gave a speech at the national women’s rights convention in Akron, Ohio, even though some white women tried to stop her' https://t.co/zrpBIL...
After disfiguring acid attack, saxophone is Mexican female musician's 'sword'
Afghanistan Women's cricket team on being let down by international community - 'We are forgotten'
"We are a team that no one knows about. We left a very bad situation in Afghanistan, but the ICC never supported us. We are one part of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, and they don't know where we are." Firoza Afghan https://t.co/ZcyvUl...