by Rosalind Gunn | Apr 12, 2024 | Advocacy, Blog, News
What happened?On April 10, the Government of Ontario carried Bill 173: Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act through a second reading, bringing us one critical step closer to having the province recognize that IPV is what advocates have long said and nearly 100...
by Rosalind Gunn | Apr 12, 2024 | Advocacy, Blog, News
YWCA’s Jen Gordon represents co-creators during important council decision to move forward with the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness On April 9, Regional Council endorsed the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, a co-created plan for transformative systems...
by Rosalind Gunn | Feb 20, 2024 | Advocacy, Blog, News
A Behind-the-Curtain Look at how YWCA Cambridge is Working to Establish a Women’s Emergency Homelessness Shelter in Cambridge Did you hear that YWCA Cambridge is on a mission to address women’s homelessness (visible and hidden) in Cambridge? We’ve been busy working on...
by Rosalind Gunn | Jan 17, 2024 | Advocacy, Blog
Stop by our next event… Learn more from the civic leaders in Cambridge and the broader Region of Waterloo pushing for change around Women’s Homelessness. YWCA Cambridge, as many know, is working on the development of a women’s shelter in Cambridge for women...
by Rosalind Gunn | Nov 29, 2023 | Advocacy, Blog
For 75 years, YWCA Cambridge has been on the forefront of tackling gender-based violence through our work with women, girls and gender diverse individuals in Cambridge. Were fueled by the hope of a future in which everyone lives free of violence and those who do...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 30, 2023 | Advocacy, Blog, News
Executive Summary – Women’s Homelessness in Cambridge The following is the executive summary of a newly-release research report by YWCA Cambridge. The full report can be read here. Historically, women’s homelessness in Cambridge has been largely...
