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Yesterday, for #WomanCrushWednesday, we honored the women on the frontlines of the fight against #COVID19.
Pictured is Brianna in Detroit, MI, sister of a Sierra Club staff member. She is a family doctor working in the ER & intensive care unit for duration of the crisis. #WCW
Pictured is Brianna in Detroit, MI, sister of a Sierra Club staff member. She is a family doctor working in the ER & intensive care unit for duration of the crisis. #WCW
While all people are exhibiting brave leadership to protect their families and communities from the coronavirus, women face specific vulnerabilities to the crisis.
Women are much more likely to perform paid and unpaid care work - at home and in medicine, eldercare, childcare and education.
Did you know that two-thirds of minimum wage workers and single parents are women? Read more about how COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting women in our recent blog: https://www.sierraclub.org/articles/2020/03/how-covid-19-gendered-crisis
The Sierra Club is joining with allies to call for essential safety net services like paid sick & family leave, childcare for workers, a moratorium on evictions & foreclosures, restoring running water to low income families, & more. #peoplesbailout. https://thepeoplesbailout.org/
Thank you to the frontline workers for your commitment to providing a safe and healthy environment for all. Today we celebrate and thank you for your bravery!
Which local leaders do you want to lift up and thank during this difficult time? Tag them below!
Which local leaders do you want to lift up and thank during this difficult time? Tag them below!
