Through over a decade of work with Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and with specific contributions from nine YWCAs in the Asia and Pacific region, the World YWCA Rise Up! programme has grown to be a unique combination of formal and informal trainings, tools and participatory approaches. […]
In 1942, the World Service Council (WSC) acknowledged its 25th year by including in the minutes of its annual meeting how the WSC got its name. It was explained by a Mrs. Lapham that at the close of the first World War, inspired leader Mrs. Morris “felt that the interest […]
My name is Helen Ferguson I am from the United States and I identify as a survivor of sexual assault. Recently I was in Geneva Switzerland, far from home, sitting on a bus looking at twitter and I came across an article entitled “Joe Biden’s allegations highlight why 2020 will […]
Women in all of their diversity have been affected in many ways by the coronavirus pandemic, whether we’re talking about the brave women on the front line – women represent 70 percent of the global health and social sector workforce – or women experiencing domestic abuse while isolating with their […]
The YWCA is a global movement of leaders. YWCA leaders are women of all ages. They are problem solvers, care takers, agents of change, and supporters in their communities and families, both formally and informally. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we know women carry an even heavier load, tending to the […]
