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Got a new BlackBerry for the holidays? BBM for Safety!

2012/01/13

YWCA Canada launches Safety Siren app for BlackBerry smartphones

Invest in Women’s Safety – Not Guns and Prisons, says YWCA Canada’s Rose Campaign

2011/11/24

Largest shelter provider calls for action on Throne Speech promise “to address violence against women and girls”

Police, safety and suicide prevention experts and victims of gun violence outraged at Government’s introduction of Bill C-19

2011/10/25

YWCA Canada honoured with inaugural Mary Robinson Award for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights

2011/07/12

Award recognizes YWCA Canada’s GirlSpace, Power of Being a Girl and Young Women’s Leadership Miles Programs

NATIONAL MEETING OF CANADA’S LARGEST WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION TO FOCUS ON LEADING THE WAY TO SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR WOMEN

2011/06/02

Violence Against Women Heats Up All-Male Leaders’ Debate

2011/04/13

Leaders link long gun registry to women’s safety

AN OPEN LETTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THE LONG GUN REGISTRY FROM YWCA CANADA

2011/04/04

Child Care Funding Announcement a Step in the Right Direction, Says YWCA Canada

2011/03/31

Sensible social policy for today’s families

“Who’s Afraid of Elizabeth May This Time?”

2011/03/30

Canada needs a woman’s voice in election debate

Cutting New Brunswick Advisory Council Undercuts Women, says YWCA

2011/03/25

Arm’s-length agency is crucial independent voice

Child Care Gap Fails the Economy says YWCA Canada

2011/03/22

Prisons not an investment in women’s safety

Child Care Services Decades Behind Reality, Says YWCA Canada

2011/03/07

No Response to Revolution in Women’s Education and Employment

Rose Campaign National Action Day

2010/11/26

Talk To Your MP About Violence Against Women

Life on the Street Deadly for Women Says YWCA Canada’s Rose Campaign

2010/11/25

Historic Association calls for a National Housing Strategy for Women

YWCA Canada celebrates the YWCA Safety Siren app for iPhone as part of annual Week Without Violence™ campaign

2010/10/10

NATIONAL MEETING OF CANADA’S LARGEST WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION WILL EMPOWER GIRLS, CHANGE THE WORLD

2010/06/04

Listen to Our Police Leaders on Long Gun Registry says YWCA Canada

2010/05/26

Registry costs $4.1 million per year, protects vulnerable women and police officers

Healthy dating? There’s an app for that!

2010/05/21

YWCA Canada launches YWCA Safety Siren app for iPhone

YWCA Canada Supports Full Day Kindergarten and the Community Child Care Sector

2010/03/29

Universal child care requires both, says nation’s second largest provider

YWCA Canada Launches Living Beyond Shelter — Videos for Change

2010/03/08

Rose Campaign Celebrates International Women’s Day with advocacy videos on violence against women and an action message to MPs

YWCA Canada Calls for Smart, Preventive Investments in Women

2010/03/04

Public Policies need to catch up with 21^st Century Realities

YWCA Canada Rose Campaign Says Women Forced to Choose between Poverty and Abuse

2009/11/25

Calls for Federal Government Leadership on Policy Coordination

MPs Playing Dangerous Politics with Women’s Lives says YWCA Canada

2009/11/04

Calls for Honouring the Montreal Massacre and Preserving the Gun Registry

YWCA Canada Calls for Coordination on Violence Against Women

2009/10/13

Life Beyond Shelter Report recommends government cooperation at all levels

YWCA Canada launches ‘zine for teen girls, A Girl’s Guide to Knowing Her Rights, as part of annual Week Without Violence campaign

2009/10/09

YWCA Canada in Concert with YMCA Canada and the Government of Canada Launches the Youth Eco Internship Program

2009/09/25

National Meeting of Canada’s Largest Women’s Organization to Focus on Issues of Diversity in the Lives of Women

2009/06/03

YWCA Canada devastated by the tragic loss of Carolyn Bray, Executive Director of YWCA Muskoka

2009/03/16

To recognize International Women’s Day, YWCA Canada urges the federal government to look at figures that really matter to women, EI

2009/03/07

Celebrated Filmmaker Deepa Mehta marks International Women’s Day with PSA for YWCA Canada, urging women experiencing domestic violence to seek help

2009/03/05

YWCA Canada Calls for Federal Spending to Reduce the Impact on Women “Where is the Gender Lens?”

2009/01/27

YWCA Canada Calls on Federal Budget to Count Women In “Broad Investments Needed”

2009/01/23