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 […]
When it comes to startup businesses, most do not think they can run a startup and take care of a newborn at the same time. How can you bring home a baby and give enough work to your company? While you need to be flexible, you can balance both and […]
This update has been shared by Anna Haltof, MD (retired), member of YWCA of Poland and volunteer of F.Ocalenie, Salam Lab- Laborathory of Peace from Krakow, Caritas Polska. She has been a teacher on Polish language and culture for six years. We do not know exactly what is happening along […]
The interview was part of the 16 Days of Activism series of World YWCA . Ritah Muyambo, Program Specialist, Civil Society Division Youth and Faith Engagement at UN Women, who talks about how women and girls living with HIV/AIDS experience gender-based violence (GBV) as a double/triple marginalisation. She highlights how […]
The interview was part of the 16 Days of Activism series of World YWCA. Muna Killingback has been active in the YWCA movement for decades. She worked for the World YWCA for ten years and was one of the first Young Women’s Interns. She later worked in financial development and […]
For 16 days of activism against violence against women , we marked this year with the theme “Intergenerational Action for Gender-Based Violence: Co-Creating the Future.” In collaboration with Feminism in India we shared unique stories of leaders from across the world who are combating gender-based violence in their communities. We […]
