“What encourages me to continue advocacy is an intergenerational dialogue where everyone across all generations learn, understand, and stimulate each other. It enables me to recognize that we young women have the potential to transform society. Without the dialogue, an inclusive society can never come true.” Nanako Tojo, Japan. Just […]
For Week Without Violence 2021, we marked the theme “Intergenerational Action for Gender-Based Violence: Co-Creating the Future.” On ThursdayinBlack, we compiled messages from intergenerational leaders from the YWCA movement to join us and raise their voices against gender-based violence (GBV). We received many impactful messages, from leaders all around the world. […]
Get inspired by stories of change, take action by donating to World YWCA Ten-year-old Maureen was working as a nanny miles away from her village for less than USD 7 a month. By 12 years of age, she had lost her father, her step-father and even her mother. On several occasions, […]
Get inspired by stories of change, take action by donating to World YWCA For Sasha, the YWCA has been a springboard into a career as a gender rights activist. It was through this platform that, for the first time, she experienced women’s unity and a respectful attitude towards women’s issues. Raised […]
Get inspired by stories of change, take action by donating to World YWCA As a young girl, Namrata was raised the same way as her three brothers. The boys in her house didn’t get any preferential treatment. However, as her body began to change after puberty, family and relatives’ perceptions around […]
Get inspired by stories of change, take action by donating to World YWCA Renata was introduced to YWCA Belarus when she was 18 by a teacher at her university. Her volunteer journey began with topics of gender equality and advocacy, then grew to include menstrual health, gynaecological violence, intimate partner violence […]
“I firmly believe that we should stand in solidarity to achieve diversity, inclusion, feminist movements and much more, rather than stepping away.” I’m Kosalina Vignarajah and it brings me great joy to introduce myself as a young woman leader from YWCA of Sri Lanka. Growing up, I have had to […]
Leer el artículo en inglés Mucho antes de la pandemia del COVID-19, las niñas y mujeres en Honduras se ven confrontadas a múltiples sistemas de opresión (sexismo, clasismo, racismo y otras formas de injusticia social). El coronavirus (COVID-19) agrava estas prevalecientes desigualdades ya que las medidas para contener el virus […]
Read the original article in Spanish. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, girls and women in Honduras were confronted with multiple systems of oppression (sexism, classism, racism and other forms of social injustice). The coronavirus (COVID-19) exacerbates these prevailing inequalities, as measures to contain the virus focus on mobility restrictions, neighborhood […]
Highlights of World YWCA at CSW65 The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the largest global gathering of gender justice activists worldwide. This year the event was held virtually, from March 15-26, with two virtual programmes operating simultaneously at the CSW and NGO CSW platforms. NGO CSW hosted […]
