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Prólogo Los acontecimientos de este pasado domingo me hicieron pensar en las mujeres de mi vida, muchas de las cuales formaban parte de círculos de costura, tejido y confección de quilts (acolchados). Yo me sentaba con ellas y las escuchaba compartir historias, esperanzas y sueños. Son recuerdos especiales. En ese instante de reflexión, deseé que…
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This Women’s History Month, we center the leadership of Black women in the movement for health equity because their history, their bodies, and their lives are at the heart of our most urgent work. That work begins with truth-telling. History credits Dr. J. Marion Sims as the “father of gynecology,” but that narrative erases the…
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By Amalee Beattie, Equal Justice Society, Berkeley Law Public Interest Fellow Under the laws of the federal and most state governments, discrimination on the basis of a protected characteristic – such as race, sexuality, gender, age, disability, etc., – is prohibited. However, protections under this framework have historically been interpreted in a very limited way,…
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