News Archive (2008 - 2005)

Le 24 avril, le mouvement de la YWCA commémore la Journée de la YWCA. Avec ses 125 associations nationales, cette journée rappelle à la fois l’ampleur et la diversité du mouvement. Durant ce jour et quelque part dans le monde, une YWCA sera en fête en organisant un événement particulier pour honorer des femmes leaders de sa communauté. Le thème de cette année s’intitule « Ecoutez-les parler : les femmes leaders du changement ». Le message de Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, Secrétaire générale de la YWCA Mondiale, illustre l’importance d’écouter le récit de ces femmes qui nous inspirent et nous stimulent. Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda invite le mouvement à honorer et reconnaître des femmes leaders de leur communauté et tout particulièrement des jeunes femmes.

The theme for this year's World YWCA Day is 'LISTEN to she who speaks: Women Leading Change'. The theme builds on the Honouring Women Leaders programme launched in 2007. The Honoring Women Leaders programme invites member associations and individuals to honour women in their community and make a donation in their name. The names of the women honoured are saved in the World YWCA archive for perpetuity and the donation goes towards the Power to Change Fund —a permanent fund to build the leadership of women and girls.

Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary General, has appointed Rima Salah of Jordan as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). Salah, a long-time supporter of the World YWCA, has served the United Nations for 20 years in increasingly senior positions in the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

El movimiento de la YWCA conmemora el 24 de Abril el Día de la YWCA Mundial. Con asociaciones en 125 países, este día le recuerda al movimiento su alcance y diversidad. A través del día, en alguna parte del mundo una YWCA celebrará realizando eventos especiales para homenajear a las mujeres que lideran el cambio en sus comunidades. Este año, el tema del Día de la YWCA Mundial es " Escuchen a la que habla: Mujeres lideran el cambio". Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Secretaria General de la YWCA Mundial, en su mensaje nos enseña la importancia de escuchar las historias de las mujeres quienes nos inspiran. Gumbonzvanda llama al movimiento a homenajear y a reconocer a las mujeres líderes en sus comunidades, especialmente, homenajear a las mujeres jóvenes.

Anita Isaacs is a woman living with HIV that has dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of women living with HIV in Namibia.

A World YWCA Day message from Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, World YWCA General Secretary.

YWCAs from across Africa will gather in Accra, Ghana to attend a special workshop on the upcoming International AIDS Conference (IAC) in Mexico City from April 28 – May 2, 2008. The World YWCA and the YWCA of Ghana in partnership with the International AIDS Society will host the workshop that builds on the ‘Communicating Positively‘ workshop held in Mexico City last year.

Young women were honoured at the World YWCA when staff and friends gathered to celebrate World YWCA Day.

The World Christian Student Federation (WSCF) and the World YWCA have called on members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take immediate action to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe. The extra-ordinary SADC summit met on April 12, 2008 in Lusaka, Zambia to deal with the political impasse in Zimbabwe created by the nearly two-week delay in announcing results of the presidential elections of March 27. In a statement delivered to SADC member states on April 12, WSCF and the World YWCA note the devastating impact the crisis has on women and young people who are "already struggling to meet the basic needs for life with dignity".

On April 24, member associations around the world hosted a variety of events to commemorate World YWCA day. The events this year centered around the theme 'Listen to she who speaks: Women Leading Change' which builds on the honouring women leaders programme launched in 2007.