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  • Annual Week Without Violence

    Financial Trauma: From Financial Abuse to Safety and Justice

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  • Racial Justice Challenge

    The Racial Justice Challenge is the action component for the Until Justice Just Is campaign, which will run throughout the month of April to raise awareness of systemic racism and how each of us can take action to advance justice.

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YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.We’ve been at the forefront of the biggest issues of the day for 165 years, working to improve the lives of women, girls, and communities of color through three Areas of Focus:
Our impact to end racism and empower women
YWCA USA is a strong nationwide network. In 2022, 136 of our local associations served 997,454 people through 860 programs. 71% of the people served are people of color and 59% are woman and girls.
  • 997,454

    women, girls and families enrolled in YWCA local associations nationwide

  • 256,744

    women, girls and families benefiting from prevention programs focused on sexual assault, trafficking, domestic violence and more

  • 76,133

    community members involved in programs to eliminate racism

  • 70,742

    women, girls and families being empowered, advancing economically and becoming leaders through YWCA programming

  • 114,013

    women, girls and families benefiting from YWCA health, wellness, recovery and training programs

  • 31,900

    women, girls and families finding security in YWCA housing, food assistance and immigration assistance programs

  • 19,682

    people accessed girl's empowerment programming to advance economically and become leaders

  • 66,373

    people accessed services through childcare and child development and family support programs

  • 130

    local associations participated in the Racial Justice Challenge

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Ways to Get Involved
in our Mission
Your voice matters as we stand up for social justice, help families and strengthen communities.
  • Become a YWCA Advocate

    We invite you to join us and take action on health, economic, safety, and racial justice priorities directly affecting women and communities of color.

    Take Action
  • Be a Donor

    Strengthen our support for associations around the country and fund robust advocacy efforts to educate and partner with lawmakers on policies that advance our mission .

    Donate
  • Join Our National Campaigns

    Our annual national campaigns are crucial to realizing our mission by creating awareness around racial and gender justice issues and engaging our YWCA network and partners in this work.

    Join US
What’s Happening
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Our Work Continues 
Reproductive Justice:
Abortion Access

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the landmark case, Roe v. Wade. For the first time since Roe was decided on January 22, 1973, abortion is no longer constitutionally protected in the United States. State governments now hold the power to determine where abortion care will be available, and states around the nation are working diligently to ban access to abortion in the wake of this decision. As we navigate a world without Roe’s constitutional protections, advocates have taken to the polls and to the streets pushing for accessible abortion care and the right to reproductive care—and YWCA continues to advocate at federal, state, and local levels to restore this essential right.

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YWCA is a national organization with 194 Local Associations around the United States.