World YWCA Day
The theme for 2009 World YWCA Day on April 24 is 'Women Creating a Safe World’. The theme builds on on the upcoming World YWCA Council 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland that will focus on the importance of personal and community security for women and young women and will explore the links between violence and HIV and AIDS.


This year (2009) we want to challenge YWCA women to create a safe world. Help end violence against women and create a global community where women's safety and security is not only paramount, but celebrated. For your Round-The-World Breakfast we invite you to lift up women in your community who are creating a safe world for women - honour their contribution and commitment to a peaceful world.

Here are some usfeulf links as your prepare for World YWCA Day:

Below is a selection of ten amazing women from around the world who have inspired the YWCA movement. These dynamic women were celebrated for World YWCA day in 2008 but their stories are still inspiring and uplifting.

Dame Barrow
27 Mar 2008 — 15:50
Dame Nita Barrow - 'Pure Sterling'
Ruth Nita Barrow was born on November 15, 1916 in Barbados at a time when women had few opportunities. Motivated in her early years by humanitarian values, she trained as a nurse in Barbados and a health care administrator in Jamaica. She became a Public Health Advisor to the World Health Or…
28 Mar 2008 — 12:31
Samia Khoury - a woman ahead of her time
Samia is an outstanding woman leader within the Palestinian community. Her voluntary work in community organisations is marked by genuine effort and huge commitment.
28 Mar 2008 — 12:43
Julie Dickson - leading the way for young women
With an infectious enthusiasm for engaging and empowering women to achieve things they would never have believed possible, Julie Dickson is a dynamic role model. Julie is a natural leader and has led from a young age at every level throughout the YWCA of Great Britain.
31 Mar 2008 — 10:43
Claribel Ba Maung Chain - International Peacemaker
Claribel Chain (1905-1994) from Myanmar (formerly Burma) was one of the key Asian leaders within the World YWCA.
07 Apr 2008 — 16:07
Inonge Mutukwa Wina - a woman leader of passion and integrity
Inonge Mutukwa Wina joined the YWCA as a young woman in 1958 when her country was still a British colony called Northern Rhodesia.
28 Mar 2008 — 12:45
Svetlana Burova - linking generations in Eastern Europe
Svetlana was the founder of the YWCA of Belarus. She inspired and encouraged many women to join the movement by always examplyifing her outstanding leadership abilities.
28 Mar 2008 — 12:51
Cristina Virreyra Diez Canseco - the heart of grassroots women in Bolivia
Cristina Virreyra Diez Canseco is a true example of a grassroots woman who changes lives and changes communities. Cristina has been a member of the YWCA of La Paz in Bolivia since her adolescence.
28 Mar 2008 — 12:28
Anita Isaacs - a woman changing lives and communities
Anita Isaacs is a woman living with HIV that has dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of women living with HIV in Namibia.
01 Apr 2008 — 8:53
Judith Blake: a woman who thought globally and acted locally
The late Judith Blake always saw the YWCA as a membership movement which could enrich the lives of women and girls and at the heart of it all, Christian faith and values. Judith joined the YWCA of Adelaide in the finance area in 1959.
28 Mar 2008 — 12:56
Emily Lee Fong - a woman leader across cultures
A survivor of the 1906 earthquake, Emily Lee Fong was an original member of the Chinese YWCA Board of Directors in the 1920s.
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