Who We Are
The Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC) is a feminist, community-based women's organization which opened in 1983. The Women’s Centre grew out of the work of women in the community who wanted to address issues facing women and adolescent girls and who wanted to provide woman-centered services that support women in making positive changes in their lives. Through our multi-issue, social change and service provision mandate we address, in an integrated way, the broad and often complex range of issues facing women and their children.
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What Brings Women to the AWRC?

Women and adolescent girls come to the Women’s Centre for information and problem-solving support. They are concerned about:

Women also come to use our lending resource library, to hold meetings, to volunteer, and to participate in annual women’s events.

Who Uses the Women’s Centre?
Women and adolescent girls come to the Women’s Centre with concerns about:

The Women’s Centre is open to women and adolescent girls from all cultures and backgrounds. It is a friendly and safe place for women to meet, to share knowledge, and to work on common interests and for social change. It is a place to learn from each other and to contribute to building a healthy community.

The AWRC does work on the following issues:

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