Youth speak up at UN Human Rights Council
In June 2016, the World YWCA sought to involve more youth in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) session in Geneva, Switzerland. Together with…
Make Menstrual Products Free!
During my attendance at this year CSW conference, I had an opportunity to attend one of the most exciting trainings on how to make…
Good Practice of Rwanda’s Menstrual Hygiene program
It was a beautiful Tuesday afternoon of July 12th 2016, after nearly a week of attending AU Summit and GIMAC in Kigali Rwanda. I…
Faith On The Fast Track
The 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa was an inspiring and eye opening experience for me in terms of what it means…
AIDS 2016 Access Equity Rights Now!
My journey to Durban was a long and hectic one after being denied visas to the beautiful land of South Africa in the name…
Reflections from Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs
At the International Conference on Population and Development, governments committed to promote the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents through policies and programmes. Twenty…
Self Care
by Alex Martin, World YWCA Intern It’s Monday, August came to end with the quickness of a four-day-weekend and the urgency of the months…
Ringing the alarm against rape: is it any good?
By Sahita Pierre-Antoine, YWCA of Haiti On May 9, 2016, the New York Times published a short article on India’s idea of incorporating panic…
The YWCA empowering me
By Marie-Nour Rattel, YWCA of Lebanon So I was asked to talk about something I learned from the YWCA, and I couldn’t find a thing,…
What if I my rights are violated?
By Vanessa Anyoti, YWCA of Tanzania The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) “has great potential to promote and protect human rights in the darkest corners…