Rosie's Place community garden is a place where homeless women are flourishing. Rosie's Place was founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States. Their mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that...

Building community. Accepting change. Finding purpose.

Developing skills. Building relationships. Maintaining reco

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These are among the many, many benefits that members describe when talking...

Melpa Kamateros, the executive director of the Shield of Athena, says her organization has had to double the capacity of its shelter recently, calling intimate partner violence an "epidemic."

A women's shelter in Halifax is having to enforce a two-month stay policy because they don't have enough space, but women staying at the shelter say they have nowhere else to go. Advocates say the lack of affordable housing is putting...

The federal government gave $120 million in temporary COVID-19 support to 400 women's shelters across Canada, but it’s about to run out. Many shelter operators say the cash has become necessary just to keep the doors open.

Women's shelters across Canada received an extra $120 million in federal funding during the pandemic, but it's about to run out, and many operators say the money has become necessary to keep the doors open.