Ballerinas: Lorena Feijoo and Kitty Phetla

Ballerinas: Lorena Feijoo and Kitty Phetla

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Women-only living

Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two women in France and Canada about why single-sex living spaces appeal to older women.Pat Dunn is 75 and started a Facebook group for senior women wanting to share a living space, after her husband died six years ago. There she found two housemate ...  Show more

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