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Join Intergenerational Leaders for 16 Days of Activism 2025
Join us from 25 November to 10 December 2025 for 16 Days of Activism, under the theme “Intergenerational Leaders Rising to End Digital Violence.” According to studies by UN Women, a staggering 16 to 58% of women and girls have been exposed to different forms of digital abuse and violence. Now, 30 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration, which called for ...
Join us for Week of Prayer 2025
Since 1904, the World YWCA and the World YMCA have collaborated to deliver the World Week of Prayer and World Fellowship. From 9-15 November 2025, under the theme “Jubilee – 150 Years of Prayer in Action,” join us as we come together to give thanks and reflect on the needs of those living through times of insecurity ...
Honouring Joyce Mims: A Legacy of Generosity and Steadfast Leadership
With deep sorrow and gratitude, we honour the life and legacy of Joyce Mims, who passed away in September 2025 at the age of 88. An extraordinary leader, mentor, and steadfast supporter of the YWCA family, Joyce leaves behind decades of leadership, generosity, and unwavering commitment to women’s empowerment, peace and justice. For more than ...
Week Without Violence 2025 Statement
Rising Together for Peace: Ending Violence Across Every Border “Peace is not something we inherit. It is something we build together – choice by choice, voice by voice, across every border.” This week, 20-24 October 2025, the World YWCA and YWCA Canada are partnering together, joining dozens of countries in global solidarity in marking Week ...
Join us for Week Without Violence 2025
YWCA’s Week Without Violence is an annual global campaign held during the third week of October every year. Commencing in 1995, this campaign has been dedicated to raising awareness, promoting change, and enabling positive action to end violence against women, young women, and girls in all their diversity. For the 2025 Week Without Violence, place ...
World YWCA Statement of Support of YWCA Korea Call for Solidarity for the Victims of Japanese Military “Comfort Women”
October 6, 2025 The World YWCA supports YWCA Korea’s call for the solidarity of Korean citizens, the global movement, partner organisations, and international allies. We join them in urging the Korean government to take action through legal reform, recognition and accountability, and a renewed commitment to justice, peace, and solidarity for the victims of Japanese ...
Systemic Gaslighting Obscures Genocide: World YWCA Calls for Urgent Accountability
October 3, 2025 Systemic gaslighting*. That is what has been happening in Gaza and continues unabated. Non-combatants, human rights defenders, and humanitarian aid workers continue to be targeted, obstructed, and silenced. And, doxed, harassed, and violated across cyber boundaries. These direct violations of all international norms and protections, intended to uphold established global norms and ...
World’s Largest Youth Movements and UN Youth Office Forge Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Youth Leadership Worldwide
The United Nations Youth Office and the ‘Big Six’ Youth Organizations have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate youth leadership and action toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The partnership, built on a shared commitment to invest in and further the Global Youth Mobilization, will be publicly launched during the High-Level Week of the ...
Digital Campaigns and Graphics Intern
WE ARE HIRING! The World YWCA is looking for a feminist, creative, and solutions-driven Digital Campaigns and Graphics Intern (DCGI) to develop content to amplify the voices of young women and women across our movement. This paid opportunity is essential to ensuring that our advocacy, upcoming campaigns, and strategic engagements align with YWCA’s values, branding guidance, and initiatives. The intern will ...
Call for Applications: World YWCA Leadership Cohort 2025
Apply today! Are you a young person involved with a local/national/regional YWCA advocating for women’s rights? Then this call is for you! Women’s and young women’s leadership is at the centre of everything we do, which is why the World YWCA is pleased to announce an open call for the Leadership Cohort 2025! Through this hands-on six-month ...