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Empowering Young Women to Lead Change

‘Empowering Young Women to Lead Change’ is a training tool for young women to catalyse positive change in their lives and communities. It is designed by and for young women, as part of the World YWCA's commitment to developing effective young women leaders and is available in English, French and Spanish.

Fact Sheet: Young Women and HIV

Date: 2009
Source: WAC; World YWCA, World Empowerment network

Happy, healthy and hot

Date: 2010
Source: International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

Feministing Community

Feministing is an online community for feminists and their allies. The community aspect of Feministing - community blog, rating system, and related social networking sites (Facebook group, YouTube page, and Meetup Alliance) - exist to better connect feminists online and off, and to encourage activism.

The Sister Project

THE SISTER PROJECT is a blog network: a blog of interrelated sister blogs.

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

With ten million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from 145 countries across the world, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is the largest voluntary movement dedicated to girls and young women in the world.

The Younger Women’s Task Force

The Younger Women’s Task Force, a project of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, is a nationwide, diverse and inclusive grassroots movement dedicated to organizing younger women and their allies to take action on issues that matter most to them. By and for younger women, YWTF works both within and beyond the women’s movement, engaging all who are invested in advancing the rights of younger women.

We are all Laila

We are all Laila" is an initiative to devote a day, annually, to speak up about the problems facing oppressed women in the Arab region.