Sex worker-led and feminist organizations in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), and First Nations, are urging the Province of British Columbia to allocate stable and enhanced funding for critical programs serving sex workers, warning that ongoing closures and service reductions of sex worker supports are putting lives at risk.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2025 Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre Demands Urgent Action Following Declaration of Gender-Based Violence Epidemic in BC … Continue reading Press release: Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre Demands Urgent Action Following Declaration of Gender-Based Violence Epidemic in BC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 5, 2023 Emergency: VPD Siege on the DTES Furthering Displacement and Endangering Women Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh/Vancouver,… Continue reading Press Release: VPD Siege on the DTES Furthering Displacement and Endangering Women
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 16, 2022 Women are not acceptable casualties in the response to housing crisis Musqueam, Squamish Tsleil Waututh… Continue reading [Press release] Women are not acceptable casualties in the response to housing crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 31, 2022 Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Səlilwətaɬ (TsleilWaututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – The Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC)… Continue reading Press Release: DEWC opens a new drop-in centre at 25 East Hastings Street
Women’s organizations denounce VPD spin on arrest outside Women’s Centre; renew calls for real safety in face of increasing gender-based… Continue reading Press Release: Women’s organizations denounce VPD spin on arrest outside Women’s Centre
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 23, 2021 (X?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish) and s?lilw?ta? (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C – Responding to the lack of available… Continue reading NEWS RELEASE: Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre increases safe spaces for women
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2021, (X?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish) and s?lilw?ta? (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C – A coalition of Indigenous, women,… Continue reading Coalition of Organizations Call for End to Vancouver Police Department Trespass Prevention Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDEC. 2, 2020 X?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), S?wx? wú7mesh (Squamish) and s?lilw?ta??/sel ?ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. — The surfacing of a… Continue reading Women’s organizations express outrage, call for an immediate action plan to end pandemic of gender-based violence in the DTES
News ReleaseOctober 1, 2020 X?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish) and s?l?ilw?ta?? (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. (October 1, 2020) – The Downtown Eastside Women’s… Continue reading Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre calls on City of Vancouver to increase and expedite safe spaces in the DTES during COVID-19
For Immediate Release March 8, 2019 – Coast Salish Territories Vancouver, B.C. – A long-time need for women in Vancouver’s… Continue reading International Women’s Day marks 24-hour daily opening for Downtown Eastside shelter for women
