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Posts
- ‘Lost Children’, a Breaking the Cycle of homelessness fundraiser
- #FeministBookWeek – Is your ‘to be read’ list upholding the patriarchy?
- #FeministBookWeek – What’s on Joey Bui’s and Mirandi Riwoe’s bookshelves
- #FeministBookWeek Book Club: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- #SHEVotes, our exciting election event
- #YoungFemaleFree
- 16 Days of Activism 2022
- 2019 YWCA AGM – celebrating the past 12 months, and looking to the future
- 2019 YWCA Australia AGM
- 5 reasons men should hate the patriarchy too
- 5 Ways to Show Love this Valentine’s Day to more than just your nearest and dearest
- 60 years of being a Y Woman
- 64 women’s organisations say it’s time to #BanBlokeBasedBudgets
- 7 Tips to Help you Interview Better
- 7-Step Advocacy Plan
- A celebration of women’s suffrage in SA – by, featuring and for young women!
- A message from Natasha Stott Despoja
- A message from the new YWCA President, Helen Conway
- A message from YWCA CEO Michelle Phillips on the second COVID-19 stimulus package
- A Tribute to Juli Dugdale
- Advocacy in a Social Media World
- Advocacy Update – August 2021
- Advocacy Update – October 2021
- An Interview with Helen Conway, YWCA Australia Board President (designate)
- An Open Letter from YWCA CEO Michelle Phillips
- An Open Letter to Young Women Considering STEM
- An update on YWCA governance
- Announcement: Helen Conway takes leave of absence as President of YWCA Australia
- Announcement: New YWCA Australia President
- Announcement: YWCA Australia President Helen Conway appointed for a second term
- Appearing on ABC’s Q&A – a young woman’s perspective
- Apply now: Join the YWCA Australia delegation to CSW64 in 2020
- Apply Now: YWCA National Housing and YWCA Housing Board
- Australia has never had a female treasurer and it shows
- Budget foundations flawed
- Budget misses opportunity to house women
- Calling All Creatives! Design a T-Shirt for International Women’s Day 2021 to win $500!
- Campaigning Tools
- Celebrating 21 years of Asista
- Celebrating IDPWD with an Abilities Exhibition
- Celebrating our Volunteers!
- Come join us for a night of laughs
- Created For Us, By Us: Celebrating IDPwD 2019
- Creating Organisational Success with Female Leadership
- Did someone say MONEY?
- Do you know your Facechats from your Instasnaps?
- Encore NSW Term 4 program dates now available!
- Encore’s Federal Government Funding contract ends
- Ending family violence starts with behaviour change: guest post by No To Violence
- Female Genital Mutilation is violence against women, and it has to stop.
- Feminist Book Club: Bad Feminist
- Feminist Book Club: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Feminist Book Club: Kindred
- Feminist Book Club: My Body Keeps Your Secrets
- Feminist Book Club: One Last Stop
- Feminist Book Club: The Mother Wound
- Feminist Book Club: Women who Run with the Wolves
- Feminist Book Club: Your Silence Will Not Protect You
- Feminist Book Week 2021 Wrap Up
- Feminist Economics
- Feminist of the Month: Budi Sudarto
- Feminist of the Month: Christine Lagarde
- Feminist of the Month: Grace Tame
- Feminist of the Month: Madison Connors
- Feminist of the Month: Roxane Gay
- Feminist of the Month: Tori Hobbs
- Feminist of the Month: Yusra Metwally
- Five tips on the road to merger success
- For some people, home is not always a safe place.
- Forget Spotify Wrapped: How did gender equality perform in 2021?
- Four ways we can help prevent gender-based violence
- Gender has a price tag: It’s $25,792.
- Goal 2035 and what it means to me
- Governance 101 – so, what exactly is governance?
- Help send a Young Woman from the Pacific to YWCA World Council
- Help us celebrate 140 years of the YWCA movement in Australia
- Helping Jackie rebuild her life and reconnect with her kids
- Highlights from the 2020 AGM
- Highlights of the 2022 AGM
- Highlights of the YWCA 2021 AGM
- Home truths: How the housing system is failing women experiencing violence
- Honouring Y Women
- Housing in Australia is in desperate need of a gender lens
- How gender-responsive was the 2021 budget?
- How to Make Contact with Politicians
- How to Write a Press Release
- Human Trafficking and How it Affects Women and Girls
- If a nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its elderly and vulnerable, Australia is set to fall shamefully short.
- Imagine a world where services supporting women experiencing family violence were no longer required
- Intersectional Feminist of the Month: Amy McQuire
- Intersectionality wants a seat at the policy table
- Intersectionality, Privilege and Lived Experience
- Introducing our 2020 Young Women’s Council
- Introducing our 2022/2023 Board Trainees
- Introducing our Board Trainees – Casey Burchell
- Introducing our Board Trainees – Cecilia Ngu
- Introducing the new Deputy Chair of the YWCA Australia Board: Julia Goodall
- Investing in young women’s leadership leads to better outcomes for everyone
- It’s World YWCA Day!
- It’s all about the money, money, money…
- It’s Time to Address Asian-Australian Hate
- Join us for our first ever livestream cooking class from Bundjalung country!
- Launch: YWCA x Stella Feminist Book Week
- Launching our Cyber Feminists (CBF)!
- Leave a legacy that will make a positive impact
- Less Crumbs, More Substance: We Need A Gender-Responsive Budget
- Lessons learnt through failure are lessons learnt forever
- Let’s Talk About Digital Consent!
- Lived Experience Casting Call
- Locked Down with Domestic Violence
- Looking for the next President of the YWCA Australia Board
- Lost jobs and missed opportunities: How young women’s financial security and careers will take a COVID-19 hit
- Louise Quinn awarded Medal of the Order of Australia
- Marking International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people
- Marking NAIDOC Week
- Media Release: Darwin program for women in prison earns national award
- Media Release: Essie Thomas to headline 2020 Lismore Women’s Festival
- Media Release: First Feminist Book Week campaign launched by YWCA and The Stella Prize
- Media Release: First Nations women celebrate connection to Northern Rivers
- Media Release: National We Speak Survey launched by YWCA and QUT
- MEDIA RELEASE: New figures reveal Victorian women face growing risk of homelessness
- Media Release: New research reveals homelessness crisis for regional women
- Media Release: Reflect. Grow. Thrive. YWCA launches 10-part webinar series
- Media Release: Supporting more young women on boards
- Media Release: Young women have a unique opportunity to act on gender equality
- Media Release: YWCA calls on all Australians to join flash mob and act for more regional housing for women
- Media Release: YWCA calls young South Australian women to join online feminist flash mob
- Media Release: YWCA student-led social work program wins national award
- Meet our new Board Trainees
- Meeting at the intersections
- MEMBER GIVEAWAY! Get a Scholarship to the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation’s Equals Now Symposium
- Members – it’s time to vote for our next Young Women’s Council!
- Membership Survey
- Merger Celebrations: one year on!
- Missives, April 2019
- Missives, August 2018
- Missives, December 2018
- Missives, February 2019
- Missives, September 2018
- My place in this country is conditional
- New voter ID laws could disenfranchise women experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity
- Nominate a YWCA Life Member now!
- Nominate Now: 2020 YWCA Board and Young Women’s Council
- Nominate Now: YWCA Board and Young Women’s Council
- Nominate Now: YWCA’s Finance, Audit and Risk Committee
- Offer: ACOSS & YWCA Young Women’s Bursary Package
- Older women are facing homelessness at alarming rates. Here’s how you can help.
- On intersectionality and inclusion
- One million vacant properties – a homelessness solution?
- One Year Anniversary of our Lakehouse pop-up!
- Open letter to current and aspiring members of Federal Parliament: We’re voting to end gender-based violence
- Opportunity for YWCA Australia Life Members
- Our Guide to Chairing a Feminist Virtual Meeting
- Our Year at the Y
- Our Youth Frontiers program hits the catwalk!
- Over 2000 women in Southern NSW supported through YWCA domestic and family violence support services in 2019
- Paid family and domestic violence leave to be a reality
- Part Four: Empower your resume! A step-by-step guide for a feminist job application.
- Part One: Empower your resume! A step-by-step guide for a feminist job application.
- Part Three: Empower your resume! A step-by-step guide for a feminist job application.
- Part Two: Empower your resume! A step-by-step guide for a feminist job application.
- Passion for breaking the cycle brought Virginia to YWCA
- Pathways to Independence: Empowering Older Women Experiencing Homelessness
- Philosophising with Julia Kristeva about Institutional Sexual Violence
- Raising awareness through public art
- Re-Imagining the Y Announcement
- Recognising Red Flags with Legal Aid NSW
- Reflecting on 125 Years of Women’s Suffrage
- Reflecting on 16 Days of Activism 2020
- Reflecting on being President of YWCA Australia
- Registrations open now for Encore WA
- Rental Stress and Housing Insecurity
- Request for Quote: Public Relations Agency
- Return to the Office in a Post-COVID World: Good for Australian Women?
- S.M.A.R.T.I.E.E. Goals
- Saying goodbye to Ashleigh, Sadaf, Aurora and Emalia
- Saying goodbye to Growing Horizons
- Sexual violence; will the tragedies of history ever stop repeating?
- South Australian Abortion Decriminalisation Letter to MPs
- Speech by Young Women’s Councillor at the Lismore Women’s Festival
- Speech by Young Women’s Councillor for Suffragette Dinner
- Statement of Solidarity: #BlackLivesMatter
- Statement on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- Stay Home Does Not Mean Stay Safe
- Stories in Philanthropy: TFFF and YWCA
- Super misstep: Proposed policy could jack up housing prices and slash women’s retirement incomes
- Supporting Kathy through the risk of homelessness
- Supporting Lydia through our Domestic and Family Violence Service
- Teaching My Daughters to Say No
- Thank you Caroline, former YWCA National Housing and YWCA Housing Board Director
- Thank you Ilena, former YWCA Board Director
- The climate crisis is fuelling violence against women, let’s vote to end it
- The cost of living in lockdown is taking those on low incomes to the brink
- The cycle of degradation in Australian emerging women’s sports
- The difference a gift in your Will could make to women across Australia
- The importance of representation
- The missing face of the housing crisis: Women lose as house prices surge
- The paradox of a woman’s ambition
- The sandwich generations – social research on women’s health behaviours
- The Underrepresentation of Women in the Australian Legal Profession
- Three Questions with: Laura Burfitt (Young Women’s Council)
- Three Questions With: Tanmaya Vivekanand (Young Women’s Council)
- Three Questions with: Yusra Hasan (Young Women’s Council)
- Three things I’ve learnt about myself through feminist writing
- TINA Talks Speaker Call Out
- Tips to Isolate Like a Feminist
- Top 5 Tips for Young Women and Girls Developing their Leadership Journey
- Top Four Tips for Supporting Feminist Local Businesses
- Top three tips for transforming power structures
- Transitioning Ngulliboo Muggi to Jarjum Centre
- University fee changes could see young women saddled with more debt for decades to come
- Unless all of us are free, none of us are free
- Violence or poverty? Women shouldn’t have to choose
- Vote for YWCA’s Our Happy Women program
- We all have a responsibility to challenge disrespect towards women
- We can all do our part to end modern slavery
- We need to talk about youth homelessness
- We’re a finalist for the 2019 HESTA Community Sector Care Awards!
- We’re a finalist in the Sydney City Regional Business Awards
- What ‘Activism’ means to me
- What ‘In This Together’ Means to Me
- What comes to your mind when you think of startups?
- What does membership to a feminist organisation mean to you?
- What happened when my husband asked for parental leave
- What is 16 Days of Activism
- What is gender-based violence and what does it look like in Australia?
- What the Young Women’s Council Has Meant to Us
- Which YWCA opportunity is right for you?
- Who can you speak to about your issue?
- Why are women underrepresented in leadership positions in Australia?
- Why Estate Planning is essential at any age plus the 3 steps to get you started.
- Why Feminist Book Week is so powerful, important and necessary
- Why I Participate in #16DaysOfActivism
- Why Women’s Mentorship Is Important
- Women lose as changes to the Pandemic Disaster Relief Payments come into effect
- Women-led comedy on #IWD is a hit!
- Women’s rights for the world: the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women
- Women’s Unpaid Care Work in Australia
- Wrap-up of the 2019 CSW
- Y Connect launches professional development bursaries
- YeS 2026 – the Re-imagined Y
- YeS 2026 Design Stage Update
- YeS 2026 Design Update – December 2021
- Young people leading the green movement
- Young women are demanding to be heard this federal election
- Young women demand to be heard this federal election, so listen up
- Young women most vulnerable amid gender equality backlash
- Your Feministmas Gift Guide for 2019!
- Your Feministmas Gift Guide for 2020!
- YWCA advocacy update – April MISSives
- YWCA Advocacy Update – June MISSives
- YWCA Australia adopts the Feminist Declaration
- YWCA Australia and Housing All Australians receives $40,000 for new housing project in Perth.
- YWCA Australia launches Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan
- YWCA Australia Signs On To Save Homelessness Services
- YWCA Australia welcomes Federal Government’s housing package as a strong foundation for addressing Australia’s gendered housing crisis
- YWCA Australia welcomes introduction of legislation to establish Housing Future Fund as step towards addressing the housing crisis for women
- YWCA Australia welcomes summit solutions to combat homelessness in Queensland
- YWCA CBF update – June MISSives
- YWCA honoured to be a recipient of ANZ Community Grant
- YWCA National Housing and YWCA Housing Board Changes
- YWCA taps in to CommBank donation platform to help women experiencing financial abuse
- YWCA welcomes national plan to end violence in a generation
- YWCA World Council 2019 Observer Delegate Expression of Interest
- YWCA Youth Arts Cafe Creates Pathways to Employment
- YWCA’s Housing Support Program
Programs
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- Keeping Women Safe in Their Homes
- Kids 4 LIFE Supported Playgroups
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- Ngulliboo Muggi – All of Us Strong
- Parenting Support Program
- Venue Hire, Rockhampton
- Wingecarribee Domestic and Family Violence Service
- Women’s Housing Support Program
- Y Ability
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- Y-Hand Up
- Youth Frontiers Mentoring Program
- YWCA Australia Board Traineeship Program
