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World Cup Matches Celebrated in Los Angeles — But the City Still Has No Human Rights Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2026 World Cup Matches Celebrated in Los Angeles — But the City Still Has No Human Rights Plan Los Angeles — As the 2026 FIFA World Cup enters its third week in Los Angeles, the Sunita Jain Anti‑Trafficking Initiative (SJI) at Loyola Law School and more than 50 organizations and ...
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’ ...
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 ...