Story of Satoko Yamaguchi Do you remember when you were a teenager? Or in your 20s? Is this a time you want to forget? Or do you want to go back and change the events of your teenage life? Satoko Yamaguchi from Japan often reminds herself of her 16-year old […]
Story of Lucy Masiye Learn to cook, take care of the family and get married off. For decades and even now, this has been the sequential reality of very many young women and girls. A desire for something different is frowned upon, forcing women to continue living in the cocoon […]
Many young women and girls who identify as feminists, say their first experience with feminism was experimental, intuitive and intertwined with their own histories, identities and the family background they grew up in. As they go through life, learn and organize their world view changed which could be attributed to […]
#16DaysOfActivism “I wouldn’t know how to be a woman who is not a feminist.” That has always been my answer whenever people ask me why I am very passionate about women and feminism. What they don’t know is I didn’t just wake up one morning and identified myself as a […]
Patriarchy has dominated human society since the beginning of time. Although things have started to improve, we are far from living in a gender equal world. What would things look like if the top leadership of the world was dominated by women, or at least, had women occupying positions of […]
Dear women, young women, girls, allies and partners of YWCA all around the world, It is my pleasure to welcome you to 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence 2020 campaign. Our theme for this year, Young Women Lead: Diverse Voices for Action and Accountability. Resonates deeply with our […]
Week Without Violence is a World YWCA campaign celebrated each year to reflect on the magnitude and the strides taken within the movement to address violence against women, young women and girls. Violence against women is still a global problem of epidemic proportions which has further being magnified by the […]
Early in July 2020, the World YWCA launched a call encouraging young women across the YWCA movement to apply to become part of the Leadership Cohort Programme 2020. Supported by the centennial YWCA World Service Council and originally known as the World YWCA internship programme, the Leadership Cohort offers the opportunity for […]
Esther Janine Zehntner, a native of Switzerland, living in Basel, joined the YWCA movement as a young girl around 70 years ago. “Joining YWCA movement? It just happened”, she says. From that young girl in YWCA of Switzerland, she moved across to many positions, locations and experiences, only to be […]
Young women leaders around the world are championing the causes of youth by overcoming multiple barriers, smashing patriarchy and moving beyond the challenges that have bind them. Here we interview, one such powerful young leaders from Asia, who has been a trailblazer for youth leadership, Originally from Sri Lanka, Jayathma […]
