Together we can empower change.
For 106 years, YW has supported women and their families to thrive, adopted to changing needs and created safe, respectful places to heal and grow.
Our Programs
Services to support women to gain control of their lives.
Work With Us
Are you fearless, compassionate,
caring and eager to learn?
Ways you can help
Your support enables women and children to thrive.
Sept 19
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
Registration is now open!
IN 2016 ALONE WE HELPED OVER
6,800 CALGARIANS
THROUGH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Nov 16
YWHISPER
Keynote speaker Marcia Clark
We are YW Calgary
We support women to gain control of their lives, achieve economic security and live free of violence.
You Can Help
The success of the women and families supported by YW are your success too. We cannot do this alone, your support helps us provide vulnerable women with flexible, personalized support to help them and their families move forward with dignity in times of crises.
Our Blog
11 August 2017
When You Can't Just Shake it Off
De-escalation, minimizing and acquiescing may not be words every woman can define, but are most definitely skills that almost every woman have mastered by [...]
03 August 2017
Being Pro-Choice – A History
It seems like women have been fighting for the right to control their health for a really, really long time - like more than [...]
26 July 2017
Equity v.s. Equality: What's the Difference?
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Audre Lorde Women and men [...]