Women’s Health In Women’s Hands (WHIWH) is a Community Health Centre for racialized women living in Toronto and surrounding municipalities. Their primary health care team of highly skilled health care professionals specialize in the health and wellness needs of racialized women and prioritizes those from African, Caribbean, Latin American and South Asian communities. Their services are fully accessible and designed to address the barriers that prevent women from being in excellent health.
They are committed to working from an inclusive feminist, pro-choice, anti-racist, anti-oppression, and multilingual participatory framework in addressing the issue of access to healthcare for our mandated priority populations encompassing age, gender, gender identity, race, class, violence, sexual orientation, religion, culture, language, disability, immigration status and socio-economic circumstances. WHIWH is inclusive of queer women, trans women and non-binary people. They will see any woman regardless of (residency/refugee) status.
Their Well Woman Care and Speciality Services include:
They also offer a number of mental health services.
Women’s Health in Women’s Hands are located at 2 Carlton Street, Suite 500, Toronto. You can contact them by:
Or you can visit them online at whiwh.com
If you have questions about this topic, feel free to contact one of our peer educators. [Link]
Last Updated: February 2022
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