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For Indigenous women, systemic racial bias in prison leaves many worse off than men
In the standardized tests that determine federal inmates’ paths to rehabilitation, Indigenous women are more likely than white women to get the worst scores – with long-lasting negative effects after their release Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Patricia Whyte of Halifax and support dog Carl sit at the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia, where she is a peer support worker for vulnerable women and girls. She worries that prison officials gave her higher security classifications than she should have had because she is Indigenous.
Holly House, a supportive housing option for vulnerable women and those just leaving jail or prison, will get $360,000 from the provincial government over the next two years.
Dick Muthee, who runs a small fleet of food delivery motorbikes and taxis in Upper Hill, Nairobi, says most customers are mainly office women. “Fried chicken, sausages and chips are the most ordered foods.”
Top clients, he said, are mainly young office women far outnumbering men, with older women likely to eat home packed foods.
One of the delivery men said even with home deliveries, women greatly outnumbered men. “These are women mainly living in owner-occupied houses, high-end estates, or in gated communities,” he told MyHealth.
Muthee says in some cases they have standing orders where on specific days they have to pick nyama choma (roast meat) from particular restaurants and deliver in line with a prearranged weekly menu.