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Did you know we launched a new video series last week? It’s called #AMinuteOfYourTime and you can watch the first one here!
If you have an idea and would like collaborate with us one your own #MOYT, email jack@eachother.org.uk and you could be the face of the next instalment!
In the first of our new series, @siancelliott of @The_TUC, takes 'A Minute of Your Time' to explain why many migrant women workers must choose between dying on the job and poverty.
Find out more here: https://eachother.org.uk/migrant-women-must-choose-between-dying-on-the-job-and-destitution/
"Systemic racism exists across every aspect of society, and maternity care for Black women is no exception."
https://eachother.org.uk/black-maternal-health-5-issues-facing-black-mothers/
From deaths in childbirth to stillborn babies, Black women consistently have worse outcomes. https://eachother.org.uk/black-maternal-health-5-issues-facing-black-mothers/
Earlier this year we spoke to Dee Livesey, who told us how her gender recognition certificate transformed her life after she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Without it, her estranged family members could potentially have laid claim to her estate. https://eachother.org.uk/uk-misses-opportunity-to-reform-legal-recognition-for-trans-people/
The complaint stems from comments the home secretary made during an online event last week in which she spoke of “criminality and violence taking place” in Traveller communities on “unauthorised encampments”. https://eachother.org.uk/priti-patel-faces-calls-to-apologise-over-anti-traveller-hate-speech/
"Life changing fines and criminal records for exercising what were, just a few months ago, basic civil liberties should not be passed without accountability or debate," writes @nadinebh_ https://eachother.org.uk/why-coronavirus-curbs-on-our-liberty-need-better-scrutiny/
