MEDIA ADVISORY - "Life on the Street Deadly for Women" - YWCA Canada
launches the Rose Campaign

Historic Association calls for a National Housing Strategy for Women

TORONTO, Nov. 24 /CNW/ -

WHAT:	YWCA Canada news conference calling for National Housing Strategy that will end women's homelessness as it launches the annual Rose Campaign to end violence against women and girls with the support of national associations and members of parliament.
WHO:	Paulette Senior, CEO, YWCA Canada Tracy Gierman, Executive Director, Canadian Network of Women's Shelters and Transition Houses Chantale Lavoie, violence survivor and advocate, Life Beyond Shelter project
Parliamentarians:	The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister for Status of Women (TBC) The Honourable Anita Neville, Critic for the Status of Women, Liberal Party of Canada Nicole Demers, Critic for the Status of Women, Bloc Québécois (TBC) Libby Davies, NDP House Leader
WHEN:	Thursday November 25, 2010 10:30am-11:00am EST
WHERE:	Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery - Charles Lynch Room 130-S Centre Block, Parliament Hill Ottawa, ON

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, YWCA Canada also launches Living Beyond Shelter - Videos for Change by violence survivors and advocates. The videos are viewable online and available on DVD through www.ywcacanada.ca.

About YWCA Canada:

YWCA Canada is the country's oldest and largest women's multi-service organization. With 33 Member Associations operating in more than 400 districts and communities across the country, our Turning Point Programs for Women™ - which address personal safety, economic security and well-being - reach out to 1 million women and girls in nine provinces and one territory. YWCA Canada is the largest single provider of shelter to women, serving 25,000 women, children and teen girls including 6,000 fleeing woman abuse each year.  We are the largest provider of literacy, life skills, employment and counselling programs in the country, and the second largest provider of childcare services. YWCA Canada is a member association of the World YWCA which unites 25 million women and girls worldwide and spans 125 countries. For more information about YWCA Canada and our Member Associations, visit www.ywcacanada.ca.

For further information:

on YWCA Canada and its programs and services, or to set up an interview with Paulette Senior, CEO of YWCA Canada, please contact Laura Tilley, Communications Manager at 416.962.8881 x 233.