After two years of meeting virtually, the WSC World Service Council (WSC) gathered in NYC at the Cosmopolitan Club Oct. 28 for its 102nd annual meeting that featured World YWCA … Read More
Dec. 2020 SIGNIFICANCE OF YOUNG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP Teaching, mentoring and nurturing young women has been pivotal to the YWCA movement in sustaining the future of the mission to empower women’s … Read More
Former World YWCA General Secretary Musimbi Kanyaro was the keynote speaker at the 99th annual meeting of the World Service Council held in Washington, DC June 7 in conjunction with … Read More
From Kay Phillips, YWCA Advocacy Committee, Pacific & Northwest Areas Continue doing what YWCAs have been doing for 158 years Breaking racial, cultural, and gender barriers Bringing diverse people together … Read More
The Commission on the Status of Women or CSW60: March 11 – 16, 2016 Submitted by Connie Tate, Co-Chair of WSC Youth Forum: The 60th session of CSW got off … Read More
It all started with a simple invitation to this extraordinary young girl from Zimbabwe, Makanaka Chikowero, for her to come to New York to participate in the Young Women and … Read More
A true visionary leader of the YWCA movement Ms. Elizabeth Palmer, a resident of Pilgrim Place, California, passed away October 4, 2014 at the age of 101. Ms. Palmer was … Read More
YWCA members and friends have helped YWCAs in other countries with upgrading and building of program centers and facilities for 50 years. Read the following article by Tracy Yellen, WSC … Read More
As the United Nations prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Conference in 2015 and to push for enforcement of its Platform for Action, a major Youth Forum … Read More
The World YWCA has issued a statement for the International Women’s Day: “Women across the world still face daily obstacles to their empowerment and constraints to their freedoms. We can … Read More