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Women's Health in Women's Hands

Women’s Health In Women’s Hands (WHIWH) Community Health Centre provides Primary Healthcare to Black Women and Women of Colour from the Caribbean, African, Latin American and South Asian communities in Metropolitan Toronto and surrounding municipalities. WHIWH is 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 gender, race, class, violence, sexual orientation, religion, culture, language, disability, immigration status and socio-economic circumstances.

Location: 2 Carlton St, Ste 500, Toronto (Yonge & College)
Phone: 416-593-7655
TTY: 416-593-5835
Website: :  www.whiwh.com
Hours: Mon-Thu 9-8; Friday 9-5; 3rd Saturday of month 10-4
Languages: Chinese (Cantonese) ; English ; French ; Hindi ; Kikuyu ; Krio ; Ndebele ; Shona ;
Spanish ; Swahili ; Tigrinya ; West Indian dialects ; interpreters provided for other languages
Eligibility: Serves black women and women of colour from African, Caribbean, South Asian and
Spanish-speaking communities.  Call for appointment.
Physical Access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free
washrooms for women; tone elevator; accessible examination tables
Services:

• community health centre
• information and referral
• mental health counseling
• reproductive health counseling including pre-abortion and post-abortion counseling
• female genital mutilation prevention education and advocacy
• HIV/AIDS prevention and education
• support groups
• advocacy
• health education and promotion
• nutritional health promotion
• anti-racist and anti-sexist education
• outreach to women in priority communities
• resource centre
• community garden
• no Ontario Health Insurance required for general services
• food bank: for clients only (member of Daily Bread Food Bank)