Downtown Eastside Women~s Centre

Details Contact
Medical Suppliers In British Columbia

Name :

Downtown Eastside Women~s Centre

Address  :

302 Columbia Street

Town  :

Vancouver

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V6A 4J1

Phone  :

604 681 8480

Fax  :

604 681 8470

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

centre@dewc.ca
Specialization
Information not available, if you are owner/employee of Downtown Eastside Women~s Centre Please click to update hospital details.
Facilities
Description
About Us
High levels of violence homelessness addictions and poverty characterize the Downtown Eastside community and women and children are particularly vulnerable to exploitation injustice and injury Founded in 1978 DEWC is one of the few safe spaces within the Downtown Eastside exclusively for women and their children

We provide practical support to over 300 women children and seniors every day As well as providing a refuge and shelter from conditions of poverty and violence the Centre provides basic necessities including

hot meals

free clothing

secure mailing addresses

phone and computer access

functioning and secure toilet and showers

We also help reduce the effect of economic disadvantage by providing

toiletries

haircuts

sewing machines

feminine hygiene products

computer access

harm reduction supplies

first aid

The Centre assists women with their immediate and crisis needs so they can develop stability and access the resources they need to improve health family employment and housing situations We promote positive change by offering individual longterm support education advocacy peer mentorship and exposure to alternatives

Our community also works towards increasing awareness of systemic injustice and inequalities that contribute to womens vulnerability One of our goals is to bring awareness of poverty and violence issues to the general public and to the government
NEWS
Hospital performance is all over the map

Its long been a truism of the Canadian health care system that where you live determines the kind of care you receive Large hospitals in growing urban centres tend to have more resources and equipment than smaller rural hospitals with remote and ageing populations But a new project tracking the performance of the most of the countrys hospitals ... Read More

ARTICLES
The Oppressed Women

Low literacy of women in the world Over 110 million of the worlds children two thirds of them girls are not in school Of the worlds 875 million illiterate adults two thirds are women Two thirds of the worlds children who receive less than four years of education are girls Worldwide more than half the population of women over age 15 years cannot re... Read More