by afampov · February 16, 2021 Holyoke, MA — For over 40 years, Womenshelter/Compañeras has worked tirelessly to empower women and their children to live independently and free from domestic violence by providing prevention education, crisis intervention, a safe and confidential shelter, social and legal advocacy, housing, and related support services. On February 25th at 4 PM, Womanshelter’s Executive Director, Carmen Nieves, will host Amy Waldman, Co-Director of Capacity Building and Equity Programs at the Department of Public Health, and Quynh Dang Program Director at the Department of Public Health, to discuss their study, “Rates of Femicide in Women of Different Races, Ethnicities, and Places of Birth” a dataset collected in Massachusetts between 1993-2007.