North Shore Women's Centre
North Vancouver, BC
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Registered Name: NORTH SHORE WOMEN'S CENTRE SOCIETY
Business No: 107784613RR0001
about
Operating since 1973, the mission of the North Shore Women's Centre is to improve the social, economic and political status of women, and to encourage and support self-empowerment by acting as a resource and a catalyst for change, from a feminist perspective.
We serve over 9,000 women each year, and support the community through services such as one-to-one peer counselling, emergency food and toiletries, information, resources and referrals, online resource directory, lending library, drop-in lounge, basic computer training, family law clinic, teen girls empowerment camp, single mom's support group, health and wellness consultations, classes and treatments, and regular educational workshops.
We believe that women have the right to:
- Self determination
- Equal access to society's resources
- Safety and security
- Fairness in the administration of justice
- Freedom from all forms of discrimination
Goals:
- To provide women with access to resources (information, referral, advocacy); to assist them with life choices
- To actively address violence against women at all levels of the community
- To challenge sexism and all other forms of discrimination against women at all levels within the community
- To work towards the elimination of the feminization of poverty
- To operate from a feminist framework, as defined by the NSWC, is a person whose actions support and embody the values of growth, personal choice, wholeness, co-operation and equality of women
