I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.
Patricia Ireland
The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we... →
I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.
I know that it isn't just violence against women, it's how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for... →
My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to... →
Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.
We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in... →
Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put... →
I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that... →