World YWCA

📢 A BIG thank you to everyone who engaged with us at the World YWCA booth and the #YW4A event at #SVRI2024! 🧡 We were thrilled to connect with so many incredible people committed to ending violence against women. 🌟 Let’s keep driving change for a safer world! 🌍 Faith to Action Network Equality Now KIT YWCA Kenya YWCA Palestine Christian Agency For Peace And Development Ibrahimia Media Center World Council of Churches Lutheran World Federation ACT Alliance Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) UN Women The Equality Institute MOSAIC Training Services and Healing Centre Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) Girls First Fund Sonke Gender Justice

❓Did you know that 640 million girls and women alive today were married in childhood? ⚫️Join us on #ThursdaysinBlack to stand against #Childmarriage, a violation affecting millions of girls worldwide.🌍 📺Watch Muskan's story: https://lnkd.in/dms9vCc

💭 Imagine a community where young women are stepping boldly into spaces once thought unreachable. In #Meru County, Kenya, #YW4A’s #FEMspaces initiative is helping young women like Melody Muriuki rewrite their stories. As an engineering student and welder in a male-dominated field, Melody excels and challenges stereotypes about women in technical professions. 📖 Explore the article to meet more inspiring young women setting new standards for their communities through FEMspaces: https://lnkd.in/dYiguZAY Faith to Action Network Equality Now YWCA Kenya YWCA Palestine KIT Ibrahimia Media Center IMC Christian Agency For Peace And Development World YWCA inuamama mjane

Through #RiseUp!, young women across Asia-Pacific lead change, create safe spaces, and build an equitable, peaceful, and just future. Supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, #RiseUp! provides young women with the tools, resources, and intergenerational support to take, share, and hold space for others. 🎥 Watch their journeys as they transform communities across Asia-Pacific! https://lnkd.in/eG79kwF3

📢 #WeekWithoutViolence2024 may be over, but the need to support those impacted by financial abuse continues. Our tool is here to help guide and support those on their journey to safety and independence. 📖 Explore our tool to find practical steps and resources for recovery and resilience. Let’s support each other in building a future free from financial abuse! 🔎 Download it here: https://cutt.ly/TeSAO13q

#WeekWithoutViolence2024 may be over, but the need to support those impacted by financial abuse continues. Our tool is here to help guide and empower those on their journey to safety and independence. 📘 Explore our tool to find practical steps and resources for recovery and resilience. Let’s support each other in building a future free from financial abuse! 💬 Download it here: https://cutt.ly/TeSAO13q

Wars always affect women the most. Yet, women are too often left out of leadership and positions to negotiate for peace. So, as war, conflict, and genocide continue, our drive to uplift women’s voices for peace remains steadfast. That’s why we released this documentary “Voices of Hope, Actions for Peace, Women Driving Peace & Justice” for Geneva Peace Week in 2023. Now, as we are reflecting on the current climate after this year's peace week, these voices are calling to us once again to bring the violence to an end. This documentary illustrates, through several interviews, the profound power of women's and young women’s leadership, resilience, and action in driving peace and pushing for justice. We urge you to listen to these women speaking from Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar, Iraq, Ukraine and Palestine. Hear their stories and amplify their voices. 🕊️ ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eF-RVBj8

At #SVRI2024, faith leaders and institutions came together to reaffirm our commitment to ending violence against women and children in all its forms. United in purpose, we raise our voices to protect women and girls, no matter their age, status, or location. Violence has no place in our communities, and we are dedicated to creating a world where everyone feels safe and valued! #ThursdaysinBlack #YW4A #ENDSGV Faith to Action Network Equality Now KIT YWCA Kenya YWCA Palestine Ibrahimia Media Center IMC ACT Alliance Lutheran World Federation Christian Agency For Peace And Development World Council of Churches

The YWCA of Meru, in partnership with the #YW4A initiative, recently convened a critical #FEMSpaces Reflection Workshop to tackle the alarming rise in sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) cases. With reports showing significant increases in defilement, sexual violence, and child marriage, the need for action has never been clearer. Participants emphasized the need for operational safe houses and dedicated support funds for survivors, especially given the alarming statistics on GBV in the region. The workshop showcased the transformative impact of FEMSpaces, supporting young women in advocating for their rights and holding authorities accountable while calling on the Meru County Government to implement the #SGBV policy fully. Together, YW4A and our community can amplify voices and advocate for change. Let’s stand against GBV and support those affected! Read more: https://lnkd.in/erKN4Uwc Faith to Action Network Equality Now Ibrahimia Media Center IMC YWCA Kenya YWCA Palestine KIT

During the #RiseUp! Training with a room full of deaf young women, I took a pause to reflect and inferred how I was feeling at ease, I was not feeling like I didn't belong there, which I felt the first day of interaction with the community almost 2.5 years ago. Now, I was able to #communicate with my broken but evolved gestures and signs, I was able to read emotions from young women's experiences and I felt more involved. It's not like the space was not welcoming, but it's a '#journey towards familiarity and empathy' in being a part of a community. And with the diverse communities I have worked with across India, getting at this stage is what I aim to achieve. It's a pure joy to be able to #listen, #understand, interact and #sharekindness with the 'other'. I wish more people actively think, feel and act on these things, beyond the people of the social development sector. 1st photo 📸 credits: a Coda (child of deaf adult) whose mother was participating in the training. 2nd group photo: completed a 3 day of #RiseUp leadership and advocacy training with 50+ deaf young women in Bangalore. World YWCA YWCA of India #deafyoungwomenleaders #journeyoffamiliarity #heartisfull