Dr Gemma Stevens will visit city's groundbreaking Lilias Centre in Maryhill
“transformed” her life is to give a talk at Maryhill’s groundbreaking Lilias Centre for female prisoners on International Women’s Day.
Dr Stevens said:"I will be speaking to women prisoners about my journey into academia and how education transformed my life, as well as how, for example, resilience can promote positive change in their lives as they go back into society. She added: “On IWD, we owe it to the great women who have gone before us to celebrate women's achievements, highlighting the work still to be done and leaving no woman behind.”Centre, which consists of four ‘shared houses’ with the capacity for 24 women, became operational in 2022.
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