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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…