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She Speaks is a blog that features contributions from young women and girls who are leading social and economic change in their communities. The contributors share stories about the challenges they face in their community and offer solutions and insights that can bring about sustainable change–especially to the lives of young women and girls.

Uncategorized May 31, 2018 March 18, 2019

Spotlight on Naomi

“To my sisters around the world, remember that ‘you were born to stand out and not fit in’” Naomi Avah-Ghittrah Woyengu, who hails from…

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Uncategorized May 31, 2018 May 31, 2018

Spotlight on Haneen

“It’s important to give others encouragement, because I am a firm believer that, whatever you give, you get it back!” Haneen is currently a…

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Our Leadership May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018

Spotlight on Sophia Pierre-Antoine

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” When asked for her favorite…

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Our Leadership May 15, 2018 May 31, 2018

Spotlight on Eun Young Kim (Grace)

  Eun Young, also known as Grace, is the Program Coordinator of International Relations and Cooperation Committee of the National YWCA office in South…

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Our Leadership May 7, 2018 May 8, 2018

“I HOPE”

I hope you will learn that education is key, add humility, dignity and respect; you have a bunch of keys. I hope you will…

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Our Leadership May 2, 2018 May 2, 2018

Spotlight on Yadanar

Yadanar: “I was born in Yangon. I grew up as a silent girl, mostly focused on studying. My life changed when I became a…

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Our Leadership, Our Rights April 27, 2018 April 27, 2018

Powerful youth voices at the UN Open Debate on Youth, Peace & Security

Today’s generation of young people is the largest the world has ever known, and young people often represent the majority of the population in…

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Our Leadership April 26, 2018 April 26, 2018

Spotlight on Kara Brown

Meet Kara Brown,  the leader of the Young Women’s Engagement team at the World YWCA office in Geneva. Kara’s story is one that harmoniously…

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Our Leadership April 17, 2018 April 18, 2018

Spotlight on Nirmala Gurung

Nirmala is a young woman who currently lives in Nepal. She has an academic background in medical microbiology, is currently specialising in rural development,…

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Our Leadership April 10, 2018 April 10, 2018

Establishing a Platform for Women of Color to Move #MeToo Forward

Sexual violence knows no race, class, gender, or sexual affiliation. Yet, as we are having this “watershed” moment of survivors coming forward in the…

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