Statements

Geneva March 8, 2010 : “Some young women understand that violence against women is unacceptable, but many others are financially reliant on the men who abuse them." This revealing comment was just one of many heard from women and young women participants of the World YWCA Regional Training Institutes held in 2009 on ‘Women Creating a Safe World’.

Geneva, December 5, 2009 : In commemoration of the International Volunteer Day, the World YWCA Board and staff extend a warm thank-you to the countless women and men who volunteer for YWCAs at the local, national or global level.

Geneva, December 1, 2009 : The latest research on women's health indicates that lack of contraception and unsafe sex are the crucial risk factors for death and disability in women of reproductive age (15 - 49 years old). Unsafe sex can result in unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortions, reproductive complications and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV

Geneva, August 6, 2009 : In the early morning of Sunday August 2, 2009 Israeli police, accompanied by members of the Israeli occupation forces, forcibly evicted eight Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem.

Geneva, January 20, 2009 - As Israel and Hamas announce unilateral ceasefires respectively, the World YWCA joins millions of people and organisation in condemning the force and impact of Israel's attack on Gaza. World YWCA calls for real peace and security in the region that can only be achieved through a resolution of the root causes of the conflict.

Geneva, December 10, 2008 : The Alliance of Youth CEOs* joins the global community in commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Geneva, December 5, 2008 : The YWCA movement is supported by millions of volunteers worldwide and we send a warm 'thank you' to all of them on International Volunteer Day, December 5, 2008.

Geneva, December 1, 2008 : The World YWCA joins the global community in commemorating 20 years since the first World AIDS Day was observed. Although progress has been made in responding to HIV and AIDS, the challenges remain complex.

Geneva, November 25, 2008 : As the world prepares to celebrate 60 years of the Human Rights Declaration, the undeniable rights of Palestinians continue to be violated. For nearly a year now, the Gaza strip has been under siege and earlier this month Israel tightened the blockade in response to renewed rocket attacks out of Gaza.