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Discuss women’s history and current obstacles at these Eastern Michigan University events
Updated Mar 06, 2021;
Posted Mar 06, 2021
A banner bears the logo and motto of Eastern Michigan University outside Pierce Hall on Eastern Michigan University s campus in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020.Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com
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YPSILANTI, MI Celebrate women’s history with Eastern Michigan University during virtual events honoring March as Women’s History Month.
EMU is offering a number of virtual open-to-the-public events to celebrate and reflect upon women’s history, officials said.
Topics from women’s rights activists and professors discuss how COVID-19 has impacted women and how women of color have broken barriers.
Posted: Jan 19, 2021 4:46 PM MT | Last Updated: January 19 These women are doing essential work, caring for our loved ones and doing work that Canadian-born people have no interest in doing, says sociologist Naomi Lightman. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
A researcher at the University of Calgary is hoping a new project will shine a spotlight on the lives of long-term care workers in the city.
Most are immigrant women from places like Africa and the Philippines who fill low-paid positions, doing work that others simply aren t willing to do.
Naomi Lightman s latest project will find out more about the workers who fill these roles at long-term care facilities, hopefully influencing current and future policy.