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 experience it have the support they need to move forward …
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YWCA Ontario, a coalition of 10 YWCAs across the province, is pleased to see two new initiatives that will impact the safety, well-being, and economic success of women and families: Ontario signing on to the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence, and a provincial investment in child care workers. First, the federal government announced …
This past October, YWCA Cambridge turned 75. That’s 75 years of providing programs and services that respond to the changing needs of women and girls in our community. That’s 75 years of working to move the needle on gender equity through advocacy, coalition-building, events, delegations to municipal and regional councils, thousands of meetings with elected …
In my journey with the YW, I have found a community that resonates with my own values and amplifies my hopes for a more equitable world. Supporting the YW enriches not only the lives of those it directly touches but my own life as well. It’s a symbiotic relationship, where my investment of time and resources returns a sense of purpose and fulfillment that makes my life whole.
“I have so much confidence now and I don’t want it to stop. Jodi beams with pride as she comes out in to the front of Reid’s Chocolates on Elgin Street in Cambridge. It’s her first week at this new job and she’s already thrilled to be joining the team here. Jodi’s journey with YWCA …
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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 unacknowledged and therefore inadequately understood and addressed. This research paper aims to shed light and bring urgent change to the issue. This research builds off the …
At the beginning of October, YWCA Cambridge joined YWCAs from across Canada in Ottawa for YWCA Canada’s annual Day on The Hill. This day is about harnessing the collective power of the YWCA movement to advocate at the federal level on issues impacting women, girls and gender diverse individuals. This year, our ask focused on …
YWCA Takes Advocacy on Women’s Homelessness to Ottawa Read More »
Be it sunny, cloudy or rainy, I will be back again this year and every year to support YWCA Cambridge and their vital programming aimed at deterring gender-based violence before it happens and getting the word out about the prevalence of gender-based violence.
CAMBRIDGE – A favourite women’s apparel and accessory boutique which closed its brick and mortar shop in March 2023 will return to Galt for a three-day pop-up shop featuring appearances by style icon, Lynn Spence. Women’s International Gift & Gallery – or, WIGG – a social enterprise operated by YWCA Cambridge which closed the doors …
Galt staple, WIGG, returns with a pop-up shop this September Read More »
We all have a shared goal of building a thriving community. One critical way of achieving that is by tackling two of the worst impediments to women, girls and gender diverse individuals’ potential: gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner violence (IPV).
