Y Blog
February 24, 2011 by Nicole Gutowski
YWCA Canada at CSW 55, 2011
The theme of this year’s United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is:
Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work
YWCA Canada will be presenting an NGO parallel session with partners, Abantu for Development (ROWA) and Canadian Crossroads International. The session will explore how partnerships can expand capacity to mentor young...
Tags: CSW, Commission on the Status of Women, UN, UN Women, YWCA Canada, World YWCA, WITNESS, Naomi Frerotte, Abantu for Development, Canadian Crossroads International, Living Beyond Shelter
January 27, 2011 by Danielle Pearson
I might be stretching the timeline for 2010 reviews a bit, but I’m going with the rule that it is acceptable until the end of January. Plus, I think it’s worth noting some of the incredible ways that frustrated girls have been fighting sexism and discrimination in 2010. So, I have put together a short list of brave girls’ awesome actions of 2010. Check it out:
These Connecticut teens felt their cheerleader uniforms were too revealing...
September 3, 2010 by Corinne Rusch-Drutz
Announcing the launch of the YWCA Canada online mall http://store.ywcacanada.ca. Shop ‘til you drop for all your favourite YWCA swag, anti-violence resources, and reports and publications. Looking for t-shirts, buttons, Week Without Violence and Rose Campaign materials? We’ve got ‘em!
Shop now to enjoy our virtual door crasher special, YWCA Canada t-shirt, was $25 now only $15 or two for $25! Back to school anyone? Wear your YW!
August 20, 2010 by Ann Decter
There's a veritable fog of misinformation swirling across the country about the long gun registry. And now the person who knows the most about what the long gun registry does, how it's used and what it costs, RCMP Chief Superintendant Marty Cheliak, has been whisked away into the fog himself. Cheliak is widely credited with pulling together police opposition to dismantling the long gun registry, an opposition that is based on facts, not smoke and...
Tags: Gun control, women, long gun registry, violence against women, safety
July 9, 2010 by Corinne Rusch-Drutz
Earlier this spring we released an app for iPhone, iPad and iTouch. We’ve been shopping it around and trying to spread the good word about it, speaking at conferences like NetChange and the YWCA Annual Membership Meeting about how mobile technologies can help with more than just fundraising, but innovative forms of outreach to new and untapped communities. Our perspective is get girls where they live, and they live on their phones. We’ve been using...
Tags: young women, social media, Safety Siren, apps, Facebook
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