Study finds minority women don’t have it easy

The Foundation of Greater Montreal and the Institut du Québec studied the experiences of women from minority groups in Montreal and, to summarize tersely, they don’t have it easy, whether it’s a question of sexuality, disability, racial visibility or economic hardship. The English version of the report is here (PDF).

It’s not a sidebar to this story, but La Presse also has a report on how some bars take measures to protect their customers – in practice, mostly women – from getting roofied or from other forms of sexual aggression, but not all bars do. So there will be obligatory training for bar workers as of this fall.