Dear women, young women, girls, allies and partners of YWCA all around the world, It is my pleasure to welcome you to 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence 2020 campaign. Our theme for this year, Young Women Lead: Diverse Voices for Action and Accountability. Resonates deeply with our […]
Week Without Violence is a World YWCA campaign celebrated each year to reflect on the magnitude and the strides taken within the movement to address violence against women, young women and girls. Violence against women is still a global problem of epidemic proportions which has further being magnified by the […]
Early in July 2020, the World YWCA launched a call encouraging young women across the YWCA movement to apply to become part of the Leadership Cohort Programme 2020. Supported by the centennial YWCA World Service Council and originally known as the World YWCA internship programme, the Leadership Cohort offers the opportunity for […]
While COVID-19 takes the world by storm, occupying centre stage on TV channels night after night, another pernicious pandemic rages on that somehow doesn’t make the daily 9 PM news. This pandemic is one that we all know about, one that we’ve grown up hearing stories of from our mothers […]
Esther Janine Zehntner, a native of Switzerland, living in Basel, joined the YWCA movement as a young girl around 70 years ago. “Joining YWCA movement? It just happened”, she says. From that young girl in YWCA of Switzerland, she moved across to many positions, locations and experiences, only to be […]
Young women leaders around the world are championing the causes of youth by overcoming multiple barriers, smashing patriarchy and moving beyond the challenges that have bind them. Here we interview, one such powerful young leaders from Asia, who has been a trailblazer for youth leadership, Originally from Sri Lanka, Jayathma […]
What happened in Beirut? On the evening of August 4, a massive explosion rocked the port of Beirut, resulting in widespread damage throughout the city. The horrifying nightmare resulted from a cataclysmic explosion of 2750 tons of chemicals at the Beirut Port, estimated at the equivalent of a 4.5 earthquake. It […]
Jill Anami is a gender specialist working on human rights advocacy in particular on the access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information and services in Kenya. Passionate with promoting a holistic empowerment of young women and girls, Jill has become a champion that advocates for them to have access to equal […]
In mid 2020, during the pandemic, World YWCA welcomed three interns from Mastercard Foundation scholars program from the University of Toronto. While planned to be in person initially, the internship was made virtual because of the pandemic. Three young scholars studying at the University of Toronto joined World YWCA team […]
Vera has implemented numerous initiatives to promote gender equality at local and regional levels. She has been a member of the YWCA of Belarus and is now the World YWCA regional coordinator of the “Young Women Changing Narratives on SRHR & Mental Health” initiative in Eastern Europe. The initiative is […]
