Ann Decter

YWCA

Ann Decter leads national campaigns, issue advocacy, research and policy development for YWCA Canada. A feminist and equity advocate, Ann initiated the Homes for Women Campaign to end women’s homelessness and wrote When There’s No Place Like Home: A Snapshot of Women’s Homelessness in Canada. She works nationally and internationally on violence against women and girls through YWCA Canada and the World YWCA, including leading the annual Rose Campaign to end violence against women and policy and training projects such as Life Beyond Shelter: Toward Coordinated Policies for Women’s Safety and Violence Prevention and the online resource VAW Legal Information: Supporting Aboriginal Women Facing Violence. Ann’s previous advocacy roles include anti-poverty work at Sistering, an award-winning women’s agency, and Campaign 2000, Canada’s national coalition to end child and family poverty. The author of four books, she is a member of The Writers Union of Canada.