Young Women Leaders
Young women energise the YWCA movement and ensures its sustainability.
When young women are provided with educational resources, guided by capable mentors and exposed to new experiences, they are more likely to make personal and academic choices that will help them develop critical skills. They are also more likely to pursue careers that are not traditional filled by women: in technology, science and math, manufacturing, and other high-wage fields dominated by men in most societies. As they mature, these young women will be poised to offer their families, their communities, and their employers greater productivity and a better quality of life.
Young Women's Leadership Programme
The World YWCA equips young women for the challenges of leadership through internships ; leadership training opportunities at all regional and global events. The YWCA has always affirmed the importance of partnership across generations, and therefore, also encourages both formal and informal mentoring relationships.
Young women's leadership policy
The World YWCA has a longstanding commitment to providing space for young women’s leadership development, with policy resolutions dating back to 1938.