In 2020, YWCA decided to replace the phrase "people of color" in our communications with the umbrella term BIPOC. As a term, BIPOC centers the specific discrimination experienced by Black and Indigenous people.
Approximately 1.3 billion people (16% of the world's population, or 1 in 6 people) experience a significant disability. Despite this, ableism — discrimination against people with disabilities — is prevalent in our day-to-day lives in many large and small ways.