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Older women are facing homelessness at alarming rates. Here’s how you can help.

Women are often socialised to hide their emotions. But as women aged 55+ now make up the fastest-growing cohort of people experiencing homelessness in […]

Pathways to Independence: Empowering Older Women Experiencing Homelessness

Homelessness is scary for anyone at any age, but for women over 50, it can be particularly traumatic.   There is […]

How gender-responsive was the 2021 budget?

Update: read our full budget analysis here After the recent outcry demanding for justice and a response to sexual violence, […]

Less Crumbs, More Substance: We Need A Gender-Responsive Budget

The timing is equally horrific and serendipitous.   Sexual harassment, mounting evidence on ways to prevent violence, young people and consent, which all […]

YeS 2026 – the Re-imagined Y

YWCA Australia is undergoing an important transformation.  We are a proudly feminist organisation and for over 140 years, we have been marching on the front […]

Re-Imagining the Y Announcement

Over the last 9 months, we have been undertaking a ‘Re-imagining the Y’ process to review our purpose, our role and our strategic […]