Today on Universal Children’s Day, we recognize that girls are the leaders, not only of the future, but of today. Often we teach girls to be nice, to wait their turn and to be polite, but it’s much more important to be bold and brave. So we call on girls worldwide to speak…
Today on Universal Children’s Day, we recognize that girls are the leaders, not only of the future, but of today. Often we teach girls to be nice, to wait their turn and to be polite, but it’s much more important to be bold and brave. So we call on girls worldwide to speak…
Today, the world celebrates International Youth Day, a day that recognizes the important role of youth as agents and leaders of change and provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges they face. This year’s theme “Youth Building Peace” emphasizes that youth are essential contributors to peacebuilding and conflict prevention. As the…
The High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is the main United Nations platform dealing with sustainable development, and was formally established in July 2013. It meets every year under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, and every four years under the auspices of the General Assembly. Its mandate is to:…
Hendrica Okondo is World YWCA’s Global Programme Manager on SRHR & HIV. She is Kenyan and has been part of the YWCA movement for many years. She got involved in the movement through her passion for reading. As a young woman, Hendrica used to go to the local YWCA’s library in Nairobi to…
The Human Rights Council (HRC) is one of the most important international mechanisms for strengthening, promoting and protecting human rights. Yet, youth participation at the Council is limited. There is an urgent need for clear guidance on how young people can participate and engage meaningfully in the regular sessions of HRC and…
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This year, the African Union (AU) Summit takes place on 10-18 July in Kigali, Rwanda. The theme is “Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous & Integrated Africa”. The YWCA has engaged in the African Union Gender Pre-Summit which ran two days before the Summit. The meeting emphasized two aspects of achieving gender equality; political goodwill and financing. It is…
On 10 June 2016, approximately 120 young leaders, aged 30 years and below, from the different regions of the world gathered at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland to raise their voices in regards to different human rights issues and to develop a series of recommendations to be presented in the 32nd…