A Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Cambridge
A Report on The Status of Women and Girls in Cambridge Cambridge, Massachusetts April 2008 Prepared by: Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women Institute for Community Health Cambridge Public Health Department Table of Contents Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………......3 Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………….4 Introduction………………………………………………….…………………………….6 I. Demographics………………..……………………………………………………..9 II. Economics: Income, Employment, and Poverty…………………………….…..13 III. Housing………………………………………………………………………….....19 IV. Education……....…………………………………………………………………..21 V. Physical and Mental Health: Physical Health, Sexual Health, Substance Abuse, Mental Health…………………………………………………24 VI. Safety, Violence and Criminal Justice……………………………………...……31 VII. Elder Women…………………………………………………………………… 38 Appendix A: Map of Cambridge Neighborhoods………………………………………40 2 Acknowledgements This document is dedicated to Nancy Ryan, former Director of the Cambridge Women’s Commission, for her extraordinary leadership of the Commission from 1981–2006 and her vision for creating a report on the status of women in Cambridge. Acknowledgements Department of Public Health: Marsha Lazar, MSW, Director of Community Health Programs, Cambridge Public Health Department Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, Chief Public Health Officer, Cambridge Public Health Department Teresa Wood, MPH, Public Health Program Specialist, Newton Health Department Institute for Community Health: Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Institute for Community Health Lise Fried, DSc, MS, Associate
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