National Voter Registration Day + Policy Update

At this year’s 30th annual YWCA LeaderLuncheon on Friday, September 7 from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM at the Grand America Hotel (555 Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84111), community members will come together to celebrate, be inspired, and raise critical funds for YWCA Utah. Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black, will… Continue Reading Press Release: Over 1,300 Community Members will Celebrate Outstanding Utah Women at YWCA LeaderLuncheon

Last year, over three dozen Utah women were killed by an intimate partner. While homicide data reveal a startling correlation between forms of domestic violence and a woman’s risk for future lethality, a lack of training and protocols for danger assessment on the part of community responders leads to missed opportunities for intervention. Of the… Continue Reading Media Advisory: Announcing Project Launch of Interagency Response to Strangulation

All are welcome at this event, which brings together leading experts on women’s policy issues, state legislators, policymakers, and advocates for Utah women and girls. YWCA Utah will host the first-ever Utah Women’s Policy Conference at the Thomson S. Monson Center (411 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84111) August 23-24. This conference is… Continue Reading Press Release: The First Utah Women’s Policy Conference Seeks to Create a Better Utah for all Women and Girls