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Factory Girls: China’s Female Migrant Workers

July 16, 2018December 16, 2016 By Siyan Liu

Filmmaker Siyan Liu discusses her current documentary project, FACTORY GIRLS, on China’s female migrant workforce. In 2014, Siyan and her production team traveled to Dongguan, China, a major manufacturing hub and home to 1.7 million female factory workers, to conduct research into the lives of these workers, their struggles and motivations. FACTORY GIRLS challenges our … Read more

Accomplished Dancer to be City’s First Female Indian-American JudgeVoices of NY

October 28, 2016April 9, 2015 By AAARI

Poised to become the city’s first female judge of South Asian descent, Staten Island assistant district attorney Raja Rajeswari is also an accomplished dancer of Bharatnatyam and Kucchipudi, reports Desi Talk. Source: Accomplished Dancer to be City’s First Female Indian-American JudgeVoices of NY