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Join us to observe and engage in the World YWCA–YMCA Week of Prayer and World Fellowship from 7- 13 November 2021 under the theme: “Beauty from Brokenness“. While the ongoing global pandemic continues to impact our everyday lives and present new changes and challenges, the World Week of Prayer’s theme invites us to reflect on the process of healing and restoration. Inspired by the ...

As a founding member of the Global Youth Mobilization and a global women’s rights movement, we are happy to sign the #UnlockDeclaration. A statement for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly In the week that global leaders gather for the opening of the UN General Assembly, along with key partners, we commit to ...

Women and girls remain most impacted by the manifestation of patriarchy, conflict and oppression of human rights. World YWCA is closely following the situation with grave concern. Afghan women and girls have played a pivotal role throughout the country’s history. As a movement with 165 years of history of working together for peace and justice, ...

6 ways we are truly a young women’s  movement: The World YWCA is a grassroots-driven, global movement rooted in the leadership of women, young women, and girls. Truly centred on young women and girls, when #YoungWomenLead, we transform the world for the better: Our Goal 2035 is bold and transformative: We aim to reach 100 million young women ...

Through the Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy, and Accountability (YW4A)  programme, the World YWCA is focusing on multi-sectoral partnerships, especially around faith, in four countries; Palestine, Egypt, South Sudan and Kenya. YW4A aims to strengthen and diversify young women’s participation and amplify their voices, to effectively influence decision-making towards gender-just policies, laws and practices related ...

As 32 religious actors and networks of faith-based organisations, who are working to achieve the Platform for Action, we want to reconfirm our role and share our recommendations.  These organisations aim to re-energise religious actors from all faiths to make sure it happens. In 1995, 189 countries adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a bold ...

Get inspired by stories of change. Take action by donating to World YWCA We are the world’s largest women’s rights movement engaging millions of women, young women and girls around the world each year, across cultures and beliefs, to transform lives and world for the better.  World YWCA amplifies the voices of female leaders where ...

We are pleased to announce that the Young Women Leadership Cohort Programme 2021 is now open for applications! This year’s programme will provide an opportunity for up to ten young women from the YWCA movement to experience the international community-building, work and reach of the World YWCA. Building on the programme’s success and learnings in 2020, and ...

From Solidarity and Peace Resolutions to Reality on the Ground Watch the Panel: In this first edition of the #BulletAndDove panels, we discussed: dive deeper to understand the contexts, stories, and realities on the ground of Palestine, Armenia, and Japan, while elaborating on peacebuilding and advocacy efforts led by #YWCAleaders. address the role that solidarity and ...

World YWCA announces the five grantees of the Global Youth Mobilization’s National Project Funding  Driving change through the activation of youth by funding Big 6 national organisations and networks is at the heart of the Global Youth Mobilization (GYM). By critically supporting and sustaining investments in youth and taking action for response and recovery of ...