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...
by Rosalind Gunn | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog, News
WATERLOO REGION – YWCA Cambridge’s annual walk to end gender-based violence (GBV) returns for its fourteenth run Saturday, October 14 in downtown Galt. Walk A Mile in Their Shoes is a walk to raise awareness of and end gender-based violence by raising funds to support...
by Zoe Whitman | Aug 11, 2023 | Blog, News
$124,200 OTF Grant Enables YWCA Cambridge to Think Bigger Cambridge, ON – On August 8, Cambridge MPP Brian Riddell met with YWCA Cambridge staff and leadership to learn more about the $124,200 Resilient Communities grant awarded to the organization by the Ontario...
