World YWCA News
21 Dec 2006 — 18:06
International wishing you a world of peace and joy
Christmas greetings from all of the executive committee, staff and volunteers of the World YWCA. Mónica Zetzsche, President Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, General Secretary
Dr. Musimibi Kanyoro, General Secretary World YWCA
15 Dec 2006 — 18:08
International More financial resources needed to support women, Dr. Kanyoro states at UNICEF publication launch
Dr. Musimibi Kanyoro, General Secretary World YWCA, challenged governments to provide sufficient funding to make the empowerment of women and children a reality. Speaking at the launch of the UNICEF annual publication, ‘The State of the World’s Children’ in Geneva, Switzerland on December 11…
indian woman
08 Dec 2006 — 9:29
International YWCA enables women to exercise their rights
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself (sic) and his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, ol…
vidah bossa
05 Dec 2006 — 8:18
International Vidah Bossa: HIV education through peer-to-peer programme
Vidah Bossa, 27 year old Ugandan, set up a youth outreach programme in 2004 that is designed and lead by young people. The programmes now has 60 ambassadors, 30% of whom are living with HIV, sharing their knowledge on STDs, healthy living and essential life skills to over 500 young people ac…
Marina Mahatir discusses HIV and AIDS in the documentary ‘Women Are… Finding Solutions’
20 Dec 2006 — 15:38
International Documentary seeking solutions to AIDS premieres in London
‘Women are 2… Finding Solutions’, a new documentary on women and AIDS, will be officially launched at a reception at the YWCA Central Club in London on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006. The 52-minute documentary produced by World YWCA and Mondofragilis brings together women leaders from vari…
nurse tends to child
01 Dec 2006 — 10:13
International HIV and AIDS Programmes
"At the YWCA we are working to reverse the trend of HIV prevalence among women and stop the spread of the pandemic." Mónica Zetzsche, president World YWCA
red ribbon
01 Dec 2006 — 10:51
International Governments must secure women’s rights, women leaders declare
Governments must take immediate action to secure women’s rights, a group of international women leaders announced in a statement released on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006. “AIDS bears the face of a women” Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, General Secretary World YWCA, and the initiator of the statemen…
Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka in Women are Finding Solutions
20 Dec 2006 — 15:25
International Mlambo-Ngcuka Offers Solutions In New AIDS Documentary
The Deputy President of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is part of a line up of international women leaders offering solutions to the global AIDS pandemic in a new World YWCA documentary ‘Women Are … Finding Solutions’. In a country where young women between the ages of 15 and 24 are f…
palestine girls, soldier
28 Nov 2006 — 17:49
International World YWCA urges United Nations to implement resolutions on Palestine
The Palestinian people need concrete solidarity actions and not just words, the World YWCA declares in a statement to be presented to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on November 29. The statement, presented on behalf of international NGOs, notes that the different sets of negotiati…
27 Nov 2006 — 16:17
International New HIV and AIDS figures show urgent need for increase of female controlled prevention methods
HIV continues to affect women disproportionately, a UNAIDS/WHO update released on November 21, 2006 confirms. The Women and AIDS Facts and Figures 2006, a component of the UNAIDS/WHO 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update, shows that globally more adult women than ever before are now living with HIV.…
04 Dec 2006 — 14:58
International YWCA-YMCA worship service urges all to be agents of change
The World YWCA and the World Alliance of YMCA held an inspiring worship service on November 13, 2006 to launch the YWCA-YMCA Week of Prayer. “Each of us can be an instrument that can move mountains, people and communities,” Natalie Fisher-Spalton, Deputy General Secretary, World YWCA, said a…
06 Dec 2006 — 8:59
International When addressing prevention, involve HIV positive people too
“When we hear the word ‘prevention’ we tend to think about investing money in protecting the HIV negative population,” Sophie Dilmitis, World YWCA HIV and AIDS Coordinator, remarked as she addressed attendees of the YWCA-YMCA annual worship service. The worship service launches the YWCA-…

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