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District 45

Farah N. Louis

Flatbush, Midwood, East Flatbush, Flatlands, Marine Park, Canarsie

“Now, more than ever, we are seeing the importance of protections and equity for all workers, especially women. As the largest proportion of health care workers, women are on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. Despite our presence in the essential workforce, wage inequity persists for all women and continues to grow for women of color. We are here to say we will always be essential, and there is no wrong time to demand what we deserve,”

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From the classroom to the boardroom, Black women and women of color have persistently experienced gender – and race-based wage inequity that has perpetuated the systematic cycle of discrimination and oppression.

The disparity between what we are paid and what we are worth does not reflect our invaluable contributions within the public and private sectors of our workforce.

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