What does women of color mean?

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wom·en of col·or

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  1. Women of color

    Women of color (singular: woman of color, sometimes abbreviated as WOC) is a phrase used to describe female people of color. The political term "women of color" surfaced in the violence against women movement. In the late seventies it unified all women experiencing multiple layers of marginalization with race or ethnicity as a common issue.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of women of color in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of women of color in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of women of color in a Sentence

  1. Jim Kenney:

    While rolling out a new policy understandably takes time, I do not believe Philadelphia Police Department has taken the necessary actions to address the underlying cultural issues that too often negatively impact women -- especially women of color, i will be enlisting the help of an independent firm to investigate the recent allegations and to make recommendations to overcome some of the discrimination and harassment within the department.

  2. Antony Blinken:

    We've seen violence directed against LGBTQI people around the world increase. We've seen, I believe, the highest number of murders of transgender people, particularly women of color, that we've seen ever, and so I think the United States playing the role that it should be playing in standing up for and defending the rights of LGBTQI people is something that State Department is going to take on and take on immediately.

  3. Salma Hayek:

    He only responded to two women, two women of color.

  4. Di Nonno:

    They're not shown as full human beings -- they're shown as body parts, di Nonno found that this was more common for the API female characters than the Caucasian female characters or other non-API, women of color characters.

  5. Elizabeth Warren:

    We need to do much more to make sure that women of color have a fair shot at opportunity and financial security.


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