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#BulletAndDove Listening Sessions: Under Genocide: An Intergenerational Crisis in Palestine
Join us for our next listening session, as part of the #BulletandDove Listening Sessions series spotlighting the conflict in Gaza. Following our last session, where we focused on the challenges faced by young people, particularly young women and girls, our conversation continues as we centre the voices of community leaders and their lived experiences through the occupation and ...
Call for Interest: World YWCA: EU Youth Empowerment Fund Powered by Global Youth Mobilization
Subissmion of Expression of Interest for Network Solutions Grants YEF- GYM 2.0 Round 2 The World YWCA is excited to announce a “Call for Interest” for the Network Solutions arm of the partnership with the European Commission and the Big Six youth organisations, supporting youth-led solutions that contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through ...
Call for Consultancy: Transforming Power Through Language: A Research Exploration Across Intergenerational Realities.
The World YWCA seeks proposals from interested individuals or groups to conduct research focused on understanding and unpacking the gendered dimensions of language including but not limited to, where language holds masculine and feminine articles; where language is an ongoing tool of colonization, particularly English and European languages; conveying meaning and transformative feminist values through ...
604 YOUTH-LED PROJECTS SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE RECEIVING FUNDING THROUGH THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FUND
Across the globe, 604 youth-led projects reaching an estimated 427,500 people in underserved communities will be awarded €1.2 million through the Youth Empowerment Fund (YEF) via its Youth-led solutions through the Big Six Network’s call. A partnership of the European Union (EU) and Big Six Youth Organizations (Big Six), implemented by the Global Youth Mobilization (GYM) – the YEF ...
World YWCA Statement of Support of YWCA USA on the United States One Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1)
YWCA USA CEO Margaret Mitchell issued a statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the so-called One Beautiful Bill Act, which passed with a vote of 218-214 along political party lines, and “Sets in motion innumerable transactions that will have negatively transformational consequences”, says World YWCA CEO/GS Casey Harden. “World YWCA ...
World YWCA Statement of Support of YWCA Aotearoa New Zealand on Dismantling of Pay Equity Legislation
World YWCA stands in solidarity with the YWCA Aotearoa New Zealand’s condemnation of their Government’s decision to dismantle pay equity legislation. For 170 years, YWCAs worldwide have addressed the issue of women making less per dollar for every dollar men earn. The wage gap between women and men is an everlasting reality of gender inequality. ...
A Message of Support for Young People
Dear Young Leaders, Young people have always been a powerful force for innovation, collaboration, and progress, and your efforts continue to create meaningful impacts within your communities. We believe in the power of young people from all walks of life, backgrounds, and abilities. Every community is unique, and the most effective solutions emerge from within. ...
Global Youth Mobilization Calls for Intergenerational Action during 79th UNGA
On the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the Summit of the Future, World YWCA and its partners in the Big Six Youth Organizations held a high-level roundtable under the Global Youth Mobilization initiative. Our call was clear: policymakers and global leaders must “walk the talk” by supporting youth engagement through ...
YWCA Haiti and World YWCA Statement on the Crisis in Haiti
The YWCA Haiti calls for the solidarity of the YWCA global movement, partner organisations, and worldwide support for lasting peace and humanitarian support. World YWCA movement and leaders have a long and constant history of responding to conflict and post-conflict situations, and demanding the protection of the human rights of internally displaced people, especially girls, ...
Join us for World YWCA Week Without Violence 2024
YWCA’s Week Without Violence is an annual global campaign held during the third week of October every year. For over 25 years, 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 this Week Without Violence 2024, ...