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Women’s Voices for the Earth amplifies women’s voices to eliminate the toxic chemicals that harm our health and communities.

Surrey Women’s Centre offers crisis, court and counselling services for women and children escaping domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and other forms of gender-based violence. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to ensure that women and children have the support they need, when they need it!

The Assaulted Women's Helpline (AWHL) offers a telephone crisis line to all women in Ontario who have experienced abuse. It provides crisis counselling, emotional support, safety planning, information and referrals for shelters, rape crisis centres, legal services and supports, community based supports, criminal justice supports and services, counsellors and therapists, support groups, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services. AWHL allows women to reach out for help free of charge in up to 154 languages, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, assured of their anonymity and confidentiality. Call our Helpline today if you or someone you know is being abused. GTA: 416-863-0511 TOLL FREE: 1-866-863-0511 MOBILE: #SAFE (#7233) TOLL FREE TTY: 1-866-863-7868

The Central Okanagan Emergency Shelter is a non profit Society, governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Our Society is a member of B.C. / Yukon Society of Transition Houses, a network of women's shelters, transition houses, and safe homes across B.C., yet we function as an independent organization. Our staff and volunteers provide a range of supportive services to women and children in the area boundaried by Oyama to the North and Peachland to the South. Our programs and services include: - Transition House - 2nd Stage Housing - Children Who Witness Abuse Program - Inside/Out Teen Anti-Violence Program - Support Groups and one-on one outreach counseling - Childcare and transportation for clients who attend support groups, court and appointments - KWS Thrift Store - Volunteer Program and community awareness about healthy relationships

BC Women's was founded in 1994 when the Grace Maternity Hospital merged with the Women's Health Centre of the former Shaughnessy Hospital. As a result, BC Women's has a breadth and scope of obstetrical and specialized women's programs unmatched in the country. BC Women's Foundation supports the hospital so that: * BC Women's may continue to be a national leader in meeting the health needs of women, while treating patients and their families as partners in their health care choices. * The hospital can continue to provide academic, career, and leadership opportunities for health care professionals pursuing specialties in women's health. BC Women's provides its services with: * Compassion, caring, honesty and integrity * Respect for the rights, opinions and dignity of every individual: patients, families, and staff * And excellence in all we do BC Women's focuses its research, teaching and care on women's health and the health of their families.

Women and adolescent girls access our Women's Centre for information, one-to-one support and advocacy for a wide range of issues and concerns -- poverty, violence and abuse, sexual assault, mental and emotional health, affordable housing, parenting, social and familial relationships, separation and divorce, and women's rights and entitlements. We offer community-based programs that include a women's health clinic, a sexual assualt nurse examiner (SANE) program, support groups for adult survivors of sexual trauma, an in-school healthy relationships program for grade nine students, and a problem-solving skills development program for adolescent girls. We are working with our community on community health impact assessment, a poverty reduction strategy, food security and strengthening services for children and youth. We are involved at the provincial level with social policy advocacy focussed on poverty and violence against women.

The Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre is a Whitehorse, Yukon based organization that has been offering programming and support to women throughout the Yukon for more than thirty years. The Women’s Advocate offers support and assists women in assessing their options and accessing information and services. The Centre organizes annual events such as International Women’s Day, Sexual Assault Prevention Month and Take Back the Night, and offers various programs such as the Moms and Kids Summer Recreation Program, Rural Pregnant Moms Suite, daily drop-in, the Community Kitchen, film nights, book club, and Girls Club.

At First Step Women's Center, we help women just like you who walk through our doors each day. We are here to serve you.

We energize, mobilize and support Black Women to transform their health and their lives through education, advocacy, support, and powerful partnerships. We exist to eliminate health disparities and other barriers that impact Black Women and Girls. We empower Black women and girls to live healthy, well, and thriving lives.

Women’s College has a long history of generous support from many committed and dedicated friends. Without you, our accomplishments would not be possible. Donor support makes a real difference, ensuring that Women’s College continues to provide the highest quality of patient care now, and embraces its role as the only hospital in Ontario with a primary focus in women's health and the province's only academic ambulatory care hospital. Donate, volunteer, get involved – join our Foundation family in support of Women’s College!

The American Medical Women’s Association is an organization which functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine, advocate for equity, and ensure excellence in healthcare. We achieve this by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances.