Ahead of Budget 2023, Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is issuing a stark warning to the women of Aotearoa New Zealand: brace yourselves for disappointment that our Government won’t do more to prevent deaths from breast cancer. In its recently published Breast .
The 20-minute film explores “Black women’s intersectional experiences with homelessness, misogynoir, colorism, foster care, sexual and domestic abuse, trafficking and educational disruption” via the stories of unhoused and formerly unhoused women.
Viewers may recognize participants like Suzette Shaw, who was named State Senator Holly Mitchell’s 2020 Woman of the Year for her ceaseless advocacy for the unhoused, and for Black women in particular. When Shaw found herself living out of her car on Skid Row after losing her job, she built community and power by founding a women’s organization there. She has since served on a number of community and advisory groups to ensure that the unique barriers Black women face are part of the policy conversation.