Welcome to YWCA
YWCA Australia is a proudly feminist organisation. We’re a strong, united, proudly women-led organisation achieving real change through our advocacy and programs for women, young women and girls.
Our work
Housing
Nationwide
Providing nearly 150,000 nights of affordable accommodation for women each year.
Asista Mentor Program
Victoria
A mentoring program for girls aged 12-18 in the child protection system
Cyber Feminists
Online Advocacy
Join the CBF, an online flash mob leading change on gender equality and intersectionality.
Featured news
YWCA advocacy update – April MISSives
March, as always, was a busy month for Advocacy with the Commission on the Status of Women 65 (16 – 25 […]
Intersectional Feminist of the Month: Amy McQuire
My Intersectional Feminist of the month is none other than the brilliant, amazing and thought-provoking Amy McQuire.
Unless all of us are free, none of us are free
As women all over Australia took to the streets to march for justice and an end to discrimination and sexual harassment, the asks of ‘all’ women were confidently plastered all over the news. But as I listen to the issues being discussed, I am quickly reminded that feminism often looks a certain way in Australia – white, cisgender, hetero, able-bodied and middle class.
