Sentences with phrase «area immigrant women»

The mission of Changing Together is to help Edmonton and area immigrant women and their families overcome personal and systemic barriers that keep them from participating fully in Canadian Society.

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In addition, we will hear from a panel of human rights lawyers, academic and community activists who will examine the current state of (in) equality in various areas such as disability rights, socio - economic inequalities facing racialized communities, women and immigrants, and the issue of systemic discrimination in certain areas of law.

Lourdes Martinez, Staff Attorney — Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) Before joining ILRC, Lourdes worked as an immigration attorney at the Tahirih Justice Center in the DC metropolitan area, where she represented immigrant women and girls survivors of gender - based violence on immigrationImmigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) Before joining ILRC, Lourdes worked as an immigration attorney at the Tahirih Justice Center in the DC metropolitan area, where she represented immigrant women and girls survivors of gender - based violence on immigrationimmigrant women and girls survivors of gender - based violence on immigration matters.

As reported in a 2014 study on the health impacts of such work on racialized, immigrant women in the Greater Toronto Area, «temporary and on - call agency work seemed to be the new norm in both the private and non-profit health and social services agencies... Working precariously meant not just fewer hours and lower wages, but included the quality of work, the differential treatment being an agency worker; and the «invisible» and «unpaid» time and energy spent in - between and in getting from one job site to another...»

First - time buyer seminars for immigrants and single women are gaining in popularity as these segments dominate the markets in many areas of the U.S. (We have them in Canada too, don't we?)