Association News
18 May 2009 — 17:19
New National Leadership for YWCA USA
The YWCA USA Annual General Assembly elected new officers and members of its national board of directors, called the National Coordinating Board, during its recent 2009 National Conference in Washington, DC.
18 May 2009 — 13:42
Participate in the Pilgrimage to Hiroshima with the YWCA of Japan
In August 1945, Hiroshima was the target of the world's first atomic bomb. An estimated 140,000 people were instantly killed and the death toll continued to rise with hundreds of thousands injured and diseased as a result of the bombing.
18 May 2009 — 10:09
World YWCA President Susan Brennan shares YWCA vision at YWCA of Aotearoa/New Zealand Annual General Meeting
The YWCA of Aotearoa/New Zealand held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Auckland in early May with World YWCA President Susan Brennan in attendance to deliver the keynote address.
11 May 2009 — 9:38
Could you live like this? YWCA of Palestine share new checkpoint rules
For most, the idea of crossing a daily checkpoint to get from home to work seems excruciating. For the Palestinian people, it is a daily reality. Rana Qumsiyeh, Fundraising, Reporting and Communications Officer for the YWCA of Palestine recently returned from holiday to discover the checkpoint, an already degrading and dehumanising experience, has become even more unbearable. Rana shares…
05 May 2009 — 17:29
First Lady Michelle Obama helps celebrate 150 years of YWCA USA
The YWCA USA celebrated its distinguished 150-year legacy as the nation's oldest and largest women's organisation at a gala awards dinner in Washington, D.C.
05 May 2009 — 17:09
Young YWCA England & Wales mums deliver sex education
A group of six young mothers from YWCA Bristol Young Women's Centre have just completed delivering sex and relationships education to schools in Bristol, United Kingdom.
05 May 2009 — 9:14
Let’s Read Together, says YWCA of Finland on World YWCA Day
World YWCA Day 2009 in the YWCA of Finland was a multicultural Round-The-World Breakfast held in Tampere with 90 guests.
01 May 2009 — 16:42
YWCA of Albania take to the streets to raise awareness of breast cancer
More than 600 women, men, young people and children walked the streets of Albania’s capital Tirana to raise awareness of breast cancer on April 26.
01 May 2009 — 15:20
And the YWCA of Korea �YWCAs Good TV Programme Award’ goes too….
Television awards of a different kind were celebrated at the YWCA of Korea on April 25. The �YWCAs Good TV Programme Award’ celebrates TV programmes and producers that are based on valuing the dignity of the Korean community.
30 Apr 2009 — 15:54
YWCA Rwanda celebrate World YWCA day
To commemorate World YWCA Day, members of the YWCA of Rwanda put on their dancing shoes and joined the international party!

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