Liz Doerr Receives 1st Richmond Rising Outstanding Woman Award

April 4, 2017 YWCA Richmond awarded Elizabeth “Liz” Doerr with the first ever Rising Outstanding Woman Award  today at the 2017 OWA Women’s [...]

April 4, 2017 / Empowering Women

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

YWCA Richmond is on a mission to prevent sexual assault and to empower survivors of all ages. For Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2017, we will [...]

April 4, 2017 / Sexual Violence

YWCA Richmond Awarded 2016 Neighborhood Builders grant

Joint Release from Bank of America & YWCA Richmond Reporters May Contact: Matthew Daily, Bank of America, matthew.daily@bankofamerica.com [...]

December 15, 2016 / Domestic Violence,Our Mission

What I Learned from Witnessing Domestic Violence the Workplace

“Today, I know how important early education and awareness is to prevention and it can start where we spend the majority of our days [...]

December 14, 2016 / Domestic Violence,Our Mission

Victim, survivor or just a person?

  by Rachael Kaufman Numerous campaigns, activist groups, and domestic violence and sexual assault agencies (1) choose to use the term [...]

April 18, 2016 / Sexual Violence

A Survivor’s Choice to Report

If a survivor is told they should report their sexual assault, what are they really being asked to do? by Christine E. Wengloski According to the [...]

April 8, 2016 / Sexual Violence

YWCA of Richmond #CharlestonRising Statement

The YWCA of Richmond stands in solidarity with the numerous organizations working every day to eradicate racial injustices in the city of [...]

June 30, 2015 / Eliminating Racism

The Problem with “Violence Against Women”

“It is not enough for men to do nothing. We are complicit when we do nothing within the context of an overwhelming culture of violent masculinity.”

April 30, 2015 / Sexual Violence

Reevaluating Empowerment

The fundamental goals of feminism are classically defined as “advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those [...]

March 31, 2015 / Empowering Women

5 Ways Language Can Empower Teen Survivors of Sexual Assault

A majority of parents do not believe sexual assault is an issue in middle and high school. Yet 25% of teen girls report that they have [...]

March 20, 2015 / Sexual Violence