Author of the article: Max Martin • Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Publishing date: Dec 29, 2020 • December 30, 2020 • 2 minute read
All five women from Middlesex County council have banded together to form a women's caucus to deal with COVID-19 fallout. From left Cathy Burghardt-Jesson, Warden of Middlesex County; Aina DeViet, Mayor of Middlesex-Centre; Alison Warwick, Mayor of Thames Centre; Kelly Elliott, Deputy Mayor of Thames Centre; and Joanne Vanderheyden, Mayor of Strathroy-Caradoc. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
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Middlesex County’s female politicians are raising concerns about rural women experiencing increased mental health challenges, burnout and isolation amid the provincewide lockdown.
Middlesex County council’s women’s caucus, female politicians who banded together to support rural women amid the COVID-19 pandemic, aims to create awareness of the rural area’s support services and encourage those in need to access them.