– Weaving new knowledge and skills with safe spaces to create transformative leaders that inspire and influence The Rise Up! Guide for Young Women’s Transformative Leadership has been redeveloped using World YWCA’s Feminist Consultation Methodology to ensure in an ever-changing world the tools and resources designed to support and strengthen […]
Imposter syndrome is the experience of feeling like you don’t belong where you are, and you only got there through luck. It can affect anyone no matter their social status, work background, skill level, or degree of expertise. It is an internal experience of believing that you are not as […]
Hello everyone. My name Neema Nyaundi, from Kisii County in Kenya. I come from a patriarchal community (Kisii) in Kenya that records a high prevalence of SGBV cases. According to the National Crime Research Centre (2018), Kisii County reported the highest cases of spousal /intimate partner violence at 92.9%, domestic […]
Hello to every girl and young women everywhere, I am Sayeda, from Egypt. I am in my mid-twenties. It gives me a lot of pride to share my story and contributions as a young woman member of the YW4A programme in Egypt. As a member of the programme, I have […]
RiseUp! is a leadership program that combines participatory training, mentoring and practical leadership experiences for young women. It aims to build confidence and transformative leadership skills among women and young women. The goal also includes establishing a safe space and creating an intergenerational network of young women. The project is […]
Understanding it’s Impact Casual or everyday sexism refers to sexism experienced so regularly that it becomes normalised. Casual sexism is often linked to unconscious sexist beliefs we are not even aware of. It is so culturally pervasive that it has become an implicit or subconscious norm. We (men and women alike) […]
We are hundreds of years past the ‘normal’ We are much late than the pandemic The pandemic which brought a huge stagnant But we speak of much early Much early when ocean levels were constant And skies were blue and clear And clear were the people and their intentions It […]
#YWCALeaders Co-creating Goal 2035: Not Just Some Place We Are Going To, But A Place We Are Creating Together YWCAs from all across the world joined the World YWCA to celebrate World YWCA Day virtually on April 24, 2022, under the theme: #YWCALeaders Co-creating Goal 2035: Not just some place […]
Intergenerational YWCA leaders from across the world came together virtually to engage at the United Nations 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66). The events for CSW66 were held in a hybrid format from 14-25 March 2022. Given the ongoing challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN […]
Just as female business owners are becoming more and more vital to the business community, women are also getting increasingly more involved in nonprofit organizations. If you want to make a positive change in the world, you might consider starting a nonprofit of your own! This resource guide from World […]
