World YWCA

The YWCA traces its origins to the initiative and leadership of two women in England in 1855, Lady Mary Jane Kinnaird and Emma Robarts.

YWCA are supporting and mobilising for women’s rights and gender equality through a few key ways:

• Investing in and building young women’s leadership.
• Connecting, mobilising, and consulting with on-the-ground leaders in local communities.
• Amplifying young women’s voices and creating safe spaces for young women to thrive.
• Ensuring that our leadership efforts are community-driven and informed by local, community, national, and regional realities.
• Collaborating between and with YWCAs around the world, as well as partners and allied organisations.
• Advocating for gender responsive policies and practices that underscore women’s rights as human rights.