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The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124058
Hossain, Anushay. New York: Tiller Press , 2021.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 HOS 2021
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
When Anushay Hossain became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women?s healthcare hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best in the world. But she couldn?t have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from…
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Author
Hossain, Anushay
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Tiller Press
Publication Date
2021
Physical Description
279pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Abstract
When Anushay Hossain became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women?s healthcare hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best in the world. But she couldn?t have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from the minute she stepped in the hospital, and after thirty hours of labor (two of which she spent pushing), Hossain?s epidural slipped. Her pain was so severe that she ran a fever of 104 degrees, and as she shook and trembled uncontrollably, the doctors finally performed an emergency C-section.
Giving birth in the richest country on earth, Hossain never imagined she could die in labor. But she almost did. The experience put her on a journey to explore, understand, and share how women?especially women of color?are dismissed to death by systemic sexism in American healthcare.
Following in the footsteps of feminist manifestos such as The Feminine Mystique and Rage Becomes Her, The Pain Gap is an eye-opening and stirring call to arms that encourages women to flip their ?hysteria complex? on its head and use it to revolutionize women?s healthcare. This book tells the story of Hossain?s experiences?from growing up in South Asia surrounded by staggering maternal mortality rates to lobbying for global health legislation on Capitol Hill to nearly becoming a statistic herself. Along the way, she realized that a little fury might be just what the doctor ordered.
Meticulously researched and deeply reported, this book explores real women?s traumatic experiences with America?s healthcare system?and empowers everyone to use their experiences to bring about the healthcare revolution women need.
ISBN
9781-9821-77775
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 HOS 2021

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Diversity Leadership in Education: Embedding Practices of Social Justice

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125172
Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press , 2024.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 MCG 2024
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Widely understood to be the best tool of social change, education offers a space to interrogate persistent and damaging oppressions, calling into question the cultural and political antecedents, as well as the current politics and practices, that have facilitated inequity. Educational leaders thems…
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Editor
McGregor, Catherine
Bedi, SHailoo
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date
2024
Physical Description
360pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Leadership
Education
Abstract
Widely understood to be the best tool of social change, education offers a space to interrogate persistent and damaging oppressions, calling into question the cultural and political antecedents, as well as the current politics and practices, that have facilitated inequity. Educational leaders themselves, however, have much to learn about dismantling systems that maintain these barriers.
Diversity Leadership in Education offers a deep look into the complexities and opportunities afforded by new models of diversity leadership. Authors from across North America explore how diverse leaders are key to improving the school experience for marginalized students. Indigenous, Black, racialized, and collaborative forms of leadership contribute to decolonizing educational settings by unsettling hegemonic ideas; these include the dominance of equity myths in educational administration and pedagogical whitewashing around issues germane to social justice.
Unpacking privilege in education systems, the volume speaks to incorporating social justice in everyday leadership practices through advocacy, solidarity, spirituality, relationality, and reconciliation. It profiles diversity leadership as a rudder, steering a more inclusive and equitable society.
ISBN
978-0228019251
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 MCG 2024

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Copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Study and Learning Commons REF Available
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