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Blog: We Need International Law
‘I don’t need international law”, says Donald Trump, President of the United States of America. *Cross-posted from the personal platforms of World YWCA CEO/General-Secretary, Casey Harden* We are entering 2026 after an incredibly volatile year. 2025 did not simply test the development, humanitarian, and human rights sector – it actively harmed it. The damage done ...
YWCA USA and World YWCA Statement on the USA’s Military Incursion into Venezuela
As a member of the global YWCA movement, YWCA USA will continue to work with and for YWCA organizations worldwide to advance peace, justice, and freedom over the long term—especially for women, children, and the most vulnerable, who bear the heaviest burdens of conflict. This commitment is guided by the collective strength of YWCA leaders’ ...
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 ...
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. ...
World YWCA Calls for Urgent Global Solidarity to Denounce and Act Against Human Suffering in Gaza
In 1959, in Mexico, the World YWCA Council – comprised of community women leaders around the world – passed a resolution on peace. One part stated: “World order and a climate of peace cannot be established without the growing desire to develop an international public conscience as sensitive to the existence of world disorder as ...
Mapping the Intergenerational Triangle
Research Insights to Intergenerational Leadership Practice
The Intergenerational Triangle: A Guide to Shared Leadership
At the World YWCA, we believe that leadership must be shared to be just. It must be intergenerational to be lasting. And, it must be authentic and accountable to be transformative. We are living in a time that demands bold imagination and collective courage. In and across every corner of the world, young women, girls, ...
YWCA DRC and World YWCA Call For Action Toward Peace in The Democratic Republic of Congo
The World YWCA, a global movement of hundreds of thousands of women, has provided leadership in conflict and post-conflict spaces for over a century and advocates for peace and justice in communities, countries, regions, and the world. YWCA leaders from conflict-affected communities share their witness and expertise directly with the world’s citizens, always an effective ...