Stories compiled by World YWCA and article written by Ellie Schonberg In the midst of COVID-19 and the pandemic’s realities, women across the world have been facing new and worsening challenges every day. Despite threats to their mental and physical health, women of the YWCA continue to look out for […]
Ceylan joined the World YWCA in 2018 with more than five years of experience of working with multiple stakeholders through her work in administration and executive assistance earlier. Born in Switzerland to a Zimbabwean mother and a Turkish father, Ceylan has embraced different cultures, communities and nationalities in its truest […]
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. […]
Victoria joined the World YWCA in 2018 with her understanding of finance and accounting. She applies her experience in a start-up based environment from her education in USA on business and entrepreneurship. She moved to Switzerland in 2015, learned French and now considers the chocolate country her new home. She […]
Story published as submitted for the contest “Story of Change” I am a social worker, working in the field of domestic violence prevention. I have worked with the domestic violence victims for more than one year and assisted more than three hundred victims to prevent and deal with domestic violence […]
Story published as submitted for the contest “Story of Change” My name is Momo Fukuda. I am young leader of the YWCA of Japan. I am 23 years old. Two years ago, as a program director of the Korea – Japan YWCA Youth Conference, I was looking for effective ways […]
Caterina, a champion of movement building, organisational development, good practices and accountability has been working in the YWCA movement for 15 years. She began her life as a young women volunteer and staff in the Valparaiso, Chile YWCA. Her local and national experience in Chile has translated into her global […]
Story published as submitted for the contest “Story of Change”. I grew in single-parent families, and I was raised by my mother alone. As a single mother, she might encounter many difficulties, but she was always very energetic and loved to help others. My mother has a great influence on […]
Story published as submitted for the contest “Story of Change”. I come from a small rural community in the north of my country, Kerasovo Konitsis, a beautiful mountainous village. Throughout my childhood I listened to the stories of women in my village and witnessed the difficulties and inequalities they were […]
Story published as submitted for the contest “Story of Change”. Osaruguemwen Benedicta Ogbeide won the third price of the contest. As a young woman, I never dreamt I would be a teacher. My heart desire was to become a diplomat. This burning desire influenced my decision to study Political Science […]
