Seventy Years of Struggle and Achievement

Life Stories of Ethnic Minority Women Living in Wales

Seventy Years of Struggle and Achievement
Meena Upadhyaya
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15 Oct 2021 UK
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9781913640941
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Edited and Selected by Meena Upadhyaya and Chris WeedonNarrative editor Kirsten LavineForeword by Julie Morgan and Jane HuttIntroduction by Prof Terry Threadgold, previous Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff UniversityThe stories of women from Wales' minority communities are seldomheard. This book comprises the life stories of 40 Black Asian MinorityEthnic women that were finalists/winners for the Ethnic Minority WelshWomen Achievement award (2011-2019). The women featured includesome from long-settled, often mixed families and women from variousparts of South and East Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Their life experiences are a fundamental part of the history of multi-ethnicWales. Individual stories testify both to the struggle and to the remarkablecontribution that minority women have made to the many sectors of Welshsociety.
Prof Meena Upadhyaya OBE obtained her PhD from CardiffUniversity and completed a fellowship with the Royal College ofPathologists (RCPath). She is a Fellow and Council member for theLearned Society of Wales and the Royal College of Pathologists. Sheis an avid advocate for promoting equality, diversity, communitycohesion, and integration. She is the founder and Chair of the EthnicMinority Welsh Women Achievement Association (EMWWAA) andthe Ethnic Minority Women in Welsh Healthcare (EMWWH). Prof Chris Weedon has taught in the UK and Germany and currenltyteaches at Cardiff University since 1984. In 2010 she announced GBP4mfunding for a project on multiculturalism at Cardiff University thatwould fund four PhD students, and the research would look at thechallenges to culture for both white and black citizens. Kirsten Lavine is an author, editor, teacher and oral historian originallyfrom Canada. For over twenty years, she has worked extensively on avariety of oral and local history projects and publications throughoutthe UK. A keen traveller and a passionate supporter of wildlife, Kirstencurrently divides her time between Canada and the UK.
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ISBN-13: 9781913640941
Published: 15 Oct 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Parthian Books
Publisher: Parthian Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 220mm
Width: 245mm
Pages: 160

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