The West Central Women's Resource Centre exists to empower women to help themselves, their families and their community to safer, healthier lifestyles. Our home is the diverse West Central neighbourhood of Winnipeg.Our VisionOur shared vision is for a healthy, sustainable, equitable, just and peaceful community where women's knowledge and experience is valued and respected. Our vision includes women having hope and strength while living out equal social, economic and political rights.Our Way of WorkingWe work toward achieving our vision using a Women Centered Approach, informed by the lived experience of the diverse women in our community. We also use the following to guide our work, words and actions: Empowerment Framework - A capacity building framework with 4 stages of empowerment (breaking social isolation, networking, awareness, action). Harm Reduction – Taking steps to reduce harm in people's lives by valuing where they are and helping them move to a place of less harm. Multi-level Approach - Working simultaneously in many spheres (the individual, family, community and systemic). more... See more text