Join us for the Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO) Annual Meeting 2024!

Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO) presents our 2024 Annual Meeting of Members. This is your chance to learn more about what we have been working on this past year. You will also hear about how we have adapted and continue to work through the challenging times we face, as well as how we have continued to serve the community. It is also your opportunity to not only become a member but also to exercise your voting rights; to have a say in the business and governance of the organization.

Once again, this annual meeting will be held as an online event and what also remains the same is our gratitude and commitment to engaging with our cherished community of supporters.

You are welcome to view the agenda, last year’s meeting minutes and the 2023-2024 annual report below.

We look forward to seeing you!

The objectives of IWSO are to:

• Raise awareness among immigrant and visible minority women who are affected by abuse, in order to enable them to break their isolation and advocate on their behalf.
• Deliver crisis counseling and support service for immigrant women who are abused.
• Provide a language interpretation service to assist immigrant women to access the full range of community and mainstream services.
• Provide other services and/or programs that will assist immigrant women in their journey to attain their full potential.
• Provide sensitivity training for service providers and agencies regarding the needs of immigrant women in order to ensure that existing services are accessible and appropriate to immigrant women and their families.
• Work with immigrant and other communities on education on violence against women and to encourage and support them to take responsibility for their continuing education on this issue.
• Build solidarity among women and encourage them to take collective actions towards ending violence against women.
• Work with local, national, and international organizations that share the goal of ending Violence against women.