Welcome to YWCA
YWCA Australia is an evolving intersectional feminist organisation focused on working towards a future where gender equality is a reality for young women, women and people of marginalised genders. In order to achieve this vision, we have made young women’s leadership and women’s housing our priority for gender equity in Australia.
Our work
Housing
Nationwide
Providing nearly 150,000 nights of affordable accommodation for women each year.
Service Delivery
Nationwide
Programs for young women and women experiencing or at risk of homelessness
Cyber Feminists
Online Advocacy
Join the CBF, an online flash mob leading change on gender equality and intersectionality.
Featured news
Women lose as changes to the Pandemic Disaster Relief Payments come into effect
YWCA Australia is very concerned by cuts to the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment which removes financial protections for people on […]
Forget Spotify Wrapped: How did gender equality perform in 2021?
And yet, we heard the same old song March4Justice, all the talk of positive action and whispers of a national plan to end women’s economic insecurity, then… […]
The climate crisis is fuelling violence against women, let’s vote to end it
Written by Maiysha Moin Climate change is a feminist issue Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change. Women make up […]
