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 | Nov 21, 2023 | Blog, News, YWCA Ontario
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...
by Rosalind Gunn | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog, News
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,...
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...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 23, 2023 | Advocacy, Blog, News
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...
by Rosalind Gunn | Sep 19, 2023 | Blog, News
On September 12, 2023, Cambridge City Council passed a motion declaring intimate partner violence (IPV) an epidemic. YWCA Cambridge CEO Kim Decker was present to delegate in favour of the motion. Below is a copy of Kim’s remarks. Mayor Liggett and Members of...
