Statements

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.

Geneva, November 18, 2008 : Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as rebel and militia factions renew fighting in the area. A majority of the internally displace people are women and children, a United Nations report confirms.