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Young Women United

Albuquerque, NM
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www.youngwomenunited.org

    • About Us

    Young Women United (YWU) leads policy change, research, place-based organizing, and culture shift by and for women and people of color in New Mexico. We work to build communities where all people have access to the information and resources needed to make real decisions about our own bodies and lives.

    We move work on the following issue areas:

    • Improving access to reproductive health care people may need in their lives, including contraception and abortion
    • Increasing access women and people of color have a to pregnancy related care, including licensed midwifery and trauma informed care for substance using pregnant women and people
    • Leading a gendered approach to juvenile justice & criminal justice reform centering the needs of girls, women of color and LGBTQ people
    • Building strength based narratives and systems of support for young people, including young parents and their families

    Young Women United (YWU) leads policy change, research, place-based organizing, and culture shift by and for women and people of color in New Mexico. We work to build communities where all people have access to the information and resources needed to make real decisions about our own bodies and lives.

    We move work on the following issue areas:

    • Improving access to reproductive health care people may need in their lives, including contraception and abortion
    • Increasing access women and people of color have a to pregnancy related care, including licensed midwifery and trauma informed care for substance using pregnant women and people
    • Leading a gendered approach to juvenile justice & criminal justice reform centering the needs of girls, women of color and LGBTQ people
    • Building strength based narratives and systems of support for young people, including young parents and their families

    Issue Areas Include

    • Policy
    • Race & Ethnicity
    • Research & Social Science
    • Substance Use & Addiction
    • Women

    Location

    • 309 Gold Avenue Southwest, Albuquerque, NM 87102, United States
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