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		<title>Five reasons why  women of colour in Ottawa need to volunteer with Empower&#8217;em.</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[We explore 5 solid reasons why you need to join Empower'em]]></description>
		
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		<title>Period Poverty 101</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In honour of Empower&#8217;em&#8217;s annual sanitary product drive, we called in an expert to educate our audience on period poverty. The following is a short interview with Meghan the creator of Period Packs, a local organization in Ottawa focused on providing access to menstrual health...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Lack of Stuttering Representation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 22 of October is International Stuttering Awareness Day. One of our newest writers; Paris Barnes, goes ito depth about what it is like living with a stutter. Stuttering is a type of communication disorder when there are prolongations, repetition of words as well as...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Real Series: Nayaelah Siddiqui</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[This month is Global Diversity Awareness Month so this interview entails discourse about women of colour in the workplace and the challenges they face in Canada. This interview has been conducted as a podcast and broken down into individual recordings. Nayaelah Siddiqui is the creator...]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Real series: Cyndia Mondésir</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 16:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: The thoughts and ideas expressed in this article do not belong to Empower&#8217;em. Trigger warnings: racism, assault. Cyndia Mondésir is a 21-year-old black feminist leader with a deep commitment to positive and progressive social change. She is an activist, a survivor, and a writer that studies...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The “Social Justice” – Should you or should you not call out your workplace/industry sexual harassers on social media?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trigger warning: rape culture and sexual assault. Empower’em disclaimer: The opinions and ideas expressed in this article do not belong to Empower’em. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. The opinions expressed in these articles should not be considered as legal advice. In case of confusion...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Real series: Victoria Tenasco</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabriella Mieres]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Empower&#8217;em&#8217;s first official woman of the month is Victoria Tenasco. She is an indigenous woman of Algonquin Anishinabekwe descent. Her goal is to revive indigenous culture in both social and academic contexts. Her perseverance in raising awareness about important cultural issues, such as the stigma...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Soft Panel and Art Show</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabriella Mieres]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2019 01:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Feminist Twins held an event that gave artists a platform to share their experiences and expertise at the allsaints Event Space in downtown Ottawa. The panellists included Frizz Kid, a Toronto-based illustrator and writer; Lucky Little Queer, an Ottawa-based nonbinary freelance artist;...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Owning your “feminine” strengths</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drashti Shah]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three traits that are considered “conventionally feminine” by the world at large and how to ‘own’ them to build up your career.﻿ Disclaimer: In this post I will be making some generalizations about people based on gender. I am not saying all women exhibit the...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Being Black and a Woman in Society</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Kristalovich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sweet but Angry. Strong but Weak. Aggressive but Mild Mannered. Stable but Fragile. Independent but easily Influenced. Beautiful but Hideous. Educated but Boorish. Contradictions? Yes! These are some of the many characteristics that describe the perception of a black woman in society. Today’s society is...]]></description>
		
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