Who We Are

The Interior Women’s Centre Society (IWCS) is a women-led, grassroots organization based in British Columbia’s Interior region. We exist to create safe, inclusive spaces where women, girls, and femme-identifying individuals can heal, grow, and belong.

Founded on lived experience, the Centre was built by women who intimately understand the barriers facing our communities, economic hardship, isolation, violence, and limited access to equitable opportunities. From this shared understanding, we envisioned something different: not just a service hub, but a living network of support, connection, and empowerment. A space where every woman, no matter their walk of life, can access community, free activities and a variety of services that will support their mental wellbeing. 

Our Mission

To empower women to be safe, supported, and independent through holistic programs that nurture wellbeing, financial literacy, advocacy, and leadership

Our Vision

We provide safe spaces, resources, and advocacy so that every woman in our community can heal, grow, and blossom

We imagine a future where women across Western Canada live free from violence, oppression, and limitation, supported by a network of women's resource centres that champion equity, dignity, and hope.

Our Core Values

• Flourish: Supporting women to live free from violence, oppression, and limitation.

• Empathy: Meeting every person with compassion and understanding.

• Mentorship: Guiding and uplifting women through shared wisdom and support.

• Movement: Driving progress toward systemic and personal change.

• Equity: Ensuring fairness and advocating for equal opportunity

What We Do

Our programs meet women where they are, from crisis to stability, from survival to self-determination.

• HEART (Her Empowerment and Reinvented Transformation): Healing and creativity through modes of art like painting, music and theatre, free mindfulness sessions and community building through our ladies nights. 

• STEPP (Supportive Transitional Exit Pathway Program): Case management & resource navigation, application & referral support, legal advocacy, family visitation support, counselling groups, DV Exit Pathways, Lifeskills workshops and parenting coaching

• WORK (Women’s Occupational Readiness and Knowledge Program): 1:1 Employment mentorship, financial literacy workshops, resume & job application supports, and pathways to financial independence.

• Special Projects: Community-Based Research for women's social determinants of health and health equity, Women's Conferences, Women's Film Festival, International Women's Day,  Advocacy, and so much more. 

• Western Canada Women's Leadership Council: Bringing women, leaders, and changemakers together to advance gender equity and social justice across BC’s Interior

At all of our centres, we provide free access to essentials, foodshare programs, naloxone, menstrual products, pregnancy tests and resource information for all organizations in the communities we are supporting.