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 […]
The value of International Women’s Day was debated last week. Some think it was born out of sentiment, and is now corrupted by corporate marketing and individual virtue-signalling. Some treasure it as one day where permission is given for women, in all their diversity, to be centred and celebrated across […]
Insights from RiseUp! Young women leadership initiative inception period “The Co-creation phase has captured and championed the idea of intergenerational leadership in a beautiful manner, where there is an equal space of discussion for everyone on the team “AGE NO BAR”. This has surely boosted my confidence to be bold and […]
This International Women’s Day, listen-watch-read from some powerful YWCA leaders on their journey towards Peace and Justice as the YWCA movement. We know that war, conflict, and violence impact women, young women, and girls differently. In times of conflict and instability, women, young women, and girls are at severe risk […]
During my 27 years of life, I consider that feminist beliefs have been present in me ever since I started to understand how the world works (and even before I even knew what this political movement represented). Being raised by my mother and grandmother and with a father that has […]
Do I consider myself a feminist? An activist? If you were to ask me from two years ago, the answer would have been “I don’t know.” It’s not that I don’t believe in the importance of feminism or activism. It’s just that these two concepts were not present in my life during […]
Brief Background – Belong, is dedicated to every young woman who is forced to think that she is not complete without a man. It is for those women who dare to wait, be different and who say I’ll fit in maybe or maybe I won’t or I will in my […]
