Womens Health Clinic
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Founded in 1981, Womens Health Clinic is a charity based in Winnipeg, Canada working on health, gender equality, mental health +2 more.
Womens Health Clinic is a feminist, non-profit community health clinic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, operating since 1981. It offers sexual, reproductive and mental health care, including medical services, aspiration and medication abortion, midwifery-led birth services through its Birth Centre, counselling for girls, women, Two-Spirit, genderqueer, non-binary and trans people aged 13 and up, and pregnancy, parenting and loss support. The clinic also provides health education, training for service providers, and public advocacy for reproductive rights and women-centred approaches to care. It describes its approach as inclusive, anti-oppressive and client-centred, welcomes clients of all genders, and works in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. Services are offered to people in and near Manitoba, including northern and remote communities through medication abortion training with regional health authorities. Its history includes origins in the Klinic Health Centre and the Pregnancy Information Service, and the clinic's name was retained to reflect the ongoing need for a safe place for women.
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Dragonfly Support Program
Mental health · Canada
Offers counselling, peer and group support, resources and volunteer training for people affected by pregnancy loss, infant loss and babies born to spirit.
Odeimin
Health · Canada
Provides programs and services for pregnancy, childbirth and parenting, including the Birth Centre and free parenting classes and groups.
Kokums Circle
Health · Canada
An initiative to decolonize WHC healthcare practices and move its model toward a traditional Indigenous model, with one Kokum serving each site.
Teen Drop-in Clinic
Children & Youth · Canada
Provides birth control information and supplies, and general medical services to young people aged 13 to 19.
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University of Manitoba, Northern Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Healthcare Excellence in Canada, Indigenous Doula Collective