Two exceptional past chairs of the World Service Council, Joyce Mims and Connie Tate were honored during the World Service Council’s 101st Annual Meeting that was held virtually Oct. 22, 2021. In Joy Uehara words their dedicated stewardship made certain that the WSC, YWCA USA and World YWCA’s relationship and connection remained strong so that … Read More
After much discussion around health and safety considerations, the YWCA World Service Council Planning Committee for the 101st Annual meeting has decided not to hold an in-person meeting this year. Instead,a virtual meeting will be held on the same date – Oct. 22 to kick off our next century of service. Calling on all generations … Read More
This Annual Report will be covering a 16-month period, July 2019 through October 2020. We are trying to put into place an “annual report year” that fits our organization’s “natural rhythm” related to the giving cycles of our members and the decision-making cycles for grants to be made each year. In the last report to … Read More
The 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2021 will consider “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls” as its priority theme. To take stock of current research … 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 leadership toward a more just world. The World YWCA internship program not only teaches, mentors and nurtures young women but uplifts their voices and places … Read More
The World Service Council (WSC) packed 100 years of history in its inspiring virtual celebration on October 15 when YWCA members and friends around the globe signed onto its zoom centennial event. The historic story was told through a narrative that traced the beginnings of the World Service Council from its inception to the present … Read More
In 1942, the World Service Council (WSC) acknowledged its 25th year by including in the minutes of its annual meeting how the WSC got its name. It was explained by a Mrs. Lapham that at the close of the first World War, inspired leader Mrs. Morris “felt that the interest of the War Work Council … Read More
Mildred Persinger has been one of the unsung heroines of the YWCA, both here in the United States and for women around the world. As an educated southern woman from Roanoke, Virginia, she moved to the New York area with her husband in the 1950s and soon became active with the YWCA and the feminist … Read More
Public events at the UN are carefully scripted. Formal statements are delivered by high-level ministers from around the world; internal debate behind closed doors follows. Eventually a document of Agreed Conclusions emerges, which then forms the basis of subsequent deliberations. This is disrupted once a year when thousands of women from around the world descend … Read More
YWCA women from across the country and abroad gathered in NYC Oct. 25 for the 98th Annual Meeting of the World Service Council (WSC). In addition to YWCA leadership, USA CEO Alejandra Castillo and World YWCA Deputy Secretary Casey Harden, who joined World Service Council members, attendees were past and present national and world board … Read More