Why Standards of Good Management and Accountability for YWCAs?

Each YWCA is accountable to certain groups in its country or community.The YWCA as a membership organisation has an accountability to its members (branches and individual members) at the first level, then to the community (village, city or country) in which it is located, and to the donors who financially support the programmes and work of the association.As a member of the World YWCA, an association also has an accountability to its sister members in the World movement.

The YWCA name carries a level of credibility and quality as stated in its values and as practiced over a long history in many countries around the world.As a member of the World YWCA, a national YWCA has a constitutional requirement “to safeguard the reputation of the World YWCA through the practice of good management and accountability,” as well as to support and implement the policies adopted by the World Council.Through practicing ethical behaviors and reaching high standards of management and accountability, each YWCA will be working to maintain the credibility of every YWCA because the name “YWCA” carries a certain degree of quality and expected practices.

What are Standards of Good Management and Accountability?

This set of Standards represent a level of management and practice which exhibit quality, responsibility and accountability.A YWCA may not meet every standard immediately, but will strive to improve to meet all standards over time.The Standards of Good Management and Accountability in the YWCA have been developed and adapted from similar tools of YWCAs and other non-governmental organizations.

The accepted standards are available in English , French and Spanish