Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO) Annual Meeting 2026

Join us for the Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO) Annual Meeting 2026!

Join us as we reflect on the past year—sharing the progress we've made, the challenges we've faced, and the ways we've continued to serve and empower our community. This is also your opportunity to:

• Learn more about IWSO’s work and impact
• Become a member
• Exercise your voting rights; to have a say in the business and governance of the organization.

We remain deeply grateful for your continued support and are committed to staying connected with our cherished community.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The objectives of IWSO are to:

• Raise awareness among immigrant and racialized 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.