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04 Aug 2009 — 16:25
none Action Alert: YWCA of Palestine and World YWCA call for action to end forced eviction of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
In the early morning of Sunday August 2, 2009 Israeli police, accompanied by members of the Israeli occupation forces, forcibly evicted eight Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem.
03 Aug 2009 — 16:30
none Asia and Pacific YWCAs begin journey to create safe and secure communities as RTI officially opens
An impressive line up of women leaders from the Asia and Pacific region joined participants of the YWCAs RTI on August 2 to officially open the weeklong training “Women Creating Safe and Secure Communities”, being held in Bali Indonesia from August 2-7, 2009.
03 Aug 2009 — 14:30
none Asia and Pacific YWCAs discuss highs and lows of fundraising at RTI
“Pretend you are in an elevator with the UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon or the CEO of a large private Foundation. What would you say to them about your YWCA in three minutes?” asked World YWCA President Susan Brennan at a fundraising training for participants of the Asia and Pacific YWCAs…
10 Aug 2009 — 8:52
none World YWCA to participate in 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP 9)
At the end of 2007, six million people were living with HIV in the Asia- Pacific region. Various factors make Asia vulnerable to the spread of HIV including the unequal status of women, poverty, inequality, stigma and cultural myths about sex and migration.
03 Aug 2009 — 13:12
none Indonesian Minister of Women’s Empowerment to open Asia and Pacific YWCAs Regional Training Institute
Excitement is building just a few days out from the opening of the Asia and Pacific YWCAs Regional Training Institute (RTI) ?Women Creating Safe and Secure Communities’, hosted by the YWCA of Indonesia in Bali from August 2-7, 2009. Over 90 women and young women leaders representing 17 YWCAs…
30 Jul 2009 — 16:03
none New UN Women’s Agency Now Within Reach – Urgent Action Needed
The United Nations General Assembly will take a vote this September on whether to establish such a UN agency for women. The World YWCA, women’s groups and civil society have been advocating for the establishment of a new UN agency for women that would dramatically improve international effor…
30 Jul 2009 — 15:45
none World YWCA joins faith communities to call on US government to lift HIV travel restrictions
The United States is one of 13 countries that currently bars people living with HIV from entering or transiting through their borders without a special waiver. The US government is finally proposing to remove ``Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection'' from the definition of ``communica…
27 Jul 2009 — 16:50
none World YWCA Launches Global Programme to Improve Reproductive Health and Rights for Young Women
The world is confronted with staggering statistics related to women’s health on a daily basis: an unacceptable number of girl-child marriages; women dying in childbirth; and young women exposed to sexually transmitted infections and HIV. The World YWCA, with support from The David and Lucile…
27 Jul 2009 — 12:27
none What does sexual and reproductive health rights mean to young women of the world?
Contraception, sexuality, pregnancy, violence, menstruation, sexually transmitted infections…it can be information overload for young women when discussing sexual and reproductive health rights. We asked young women from around the world to share what sexual and reproductive health rights (S…
15 Jul 2009 — 10:55
none Be involved in the world’s largest international conference on HIV and AIDS
Vienna, Austria will host the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), the largest international meeting on HIV from July 18-23, 2010. The biennial conference attracts close to 25,000 people, representing all stakeholders in the global response to HIV, to address the gaps, assess pro…
15 Jul 2009 — 15:44
none World YWCA gives visibility to women’s faith issues at Global Christian Forum
A visit to the Middle East from a Global Christian Forum (GCF) team to learn about the situation of churches and Christians in the region was an eye opening experience for World YWCA representative, Pirjo-Liisa Penttinen. As an ordained minister of the Finland Evangelical Lutheran Church , Y…
13 Jul 2009 — 12:40
none Start preparing your delegation for World YWCA Council 2011
The date is set, the theme announced and now the hard work begins as the YWCA movement mobilises for the World YWCA Council 2011, Zurich, Switzerland. From July 10 - 16, 2011, over a thousand women and young women will gather under the theme ? Women Creating a Safe World’ and World YWCA Gene…

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