Low -
income immigrant women have especially high rates of being uninsured, and they face additional barriers to coverage.
Not exact matches
If
women, seniors and
immigrants, collectively, were employed at their level of education, earning equal pay to men born in Canada, personal
incomes would increase by $ 174 billion, or an equivalent of 1.6 million more workers.
2) For said bread - making space, Rodriguez hires low -
income,
immigrant and minority people, often
women.
The Public Advocate argued that the issues of poverty and
income inequality disproportionately affect
women,
immigrants and people of color.
If you are a male
immigrant and marry a
woman from a country other than your own, you increase your chances of a good job and a high
income.
While climate change threatens the health of every American, some people are more vulnerable and are most likely to be harmed, including: infants and children; pregnant
women; older adults; people with disabilities; people with pre-existing or chronic medical conditions, including mental illnesses; people with low -
income; and indigenous peoples, some other communities of color, and
immigrants with limited English proficiency.
students worked with The
Woman's Fund of Miami - Dade County, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of local
women and girls; the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a community organization championing the rights of Florida migrant farm workers; the ACLU of Florida; Legal Services of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low -
income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and
immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-profit.
Speakers decried dangerous legislation that adversely affects low -
income people, workers, people of color,
women, LGBTQIA people, people with disabilities,
immigrants, and the environment.
They were about solidarity — as
women, people of color, LGBTQ folks,
immigrants, people of all religions and people of all
incomes.
«I will never stop fighting for
women's access to health care, for
immigrants, for low -
income communities, and for economic justice for all.»
She said 97 percent are
women, most are
immigrants and all are low -
income.