HSCI 130 Chapter : Stories of homeless women in Canada
17 May 2013
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All our sisters: stories of homeless women in canada. Women can"t find full time employment due to lack of education & job skills lack of affordable child care. 1 character had abusive partner, did drugs to cope homeless . Ex. willow : no housing>lack of stability> can"t go to school>no good job = social isolation. Homeless women age 18-44 are 10 times more likely to die than women in the general pop . Difficult to take pills & meals on the move. Easy to pick up lice, tuberculosis, flu in crowded shelters (no fam doctor, no address) ~temporary work for men is found easier than women. ~women less likely to have decent wages or secure jobs. Gs: women are charged more than men (prostitution) If women supported other women maybe they wouldn"t sell their body to men. Increase pressures on women to be care-givers (nuturant) Pushes aboriginal people to poverty, homelessness, and prostitution.
