📣 Exciting News! The #YW4A 2023 Annual Report is out now!

🌟45,341 young women are leading change.
⛪🕌 18 religious institutions & 320 faith agents champion gender equality.
📄 21 policies now protect women's rights.

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📣 YW4A Annual Programme Report 2023! 👉bit.ly/3WNHiQj

🔎 #YW4A is empowering young women in 🇰🇪, 🇪🇬 , 🇵🇸, 🇸🇸 Through FEMspaces, Rise Up! Transformative Leadership model, storytelling workshops, & community partnerships to catalyse +change. #EndSGBV #YoungWomenLead

📢 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒕!

Join us for an insightful discussion with our panel of experts on The role of communities in Climate finance mobilization, utilization, tracking & monitoring

📅 17.05.2024
⏱️2:00PM EAT

Register👉 bit.ly/4apFD6H

#Inclusion4ClimateJustice

🌟 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Tip: Your mental health matters as much as your physical well-being! It's okay not to be okay & to seek help when needed💚

📸 YWCA Kenya's #SRHR champions from Meru & Mombasa Counties at the 1st Adolescent Mental Health Summit. #SRHR ights

Calling all changemakers!

Join us in *selecting* youth-led solutions projects under the EU Youth Empowerment Fund through @GYMobilization , a partnership between EU International Partnerships and the Big Six global youth organisations.

Apply by May 31st cutt.ly/6eeCbHZI

📍 #CBA18 #YWCAKenya , @CAREInternational, @Savethechildren hosted a session centered on engaging women, indigenous peoples & local communities in policy formulation within climate governance, addressing their under-representation in governance. #Inclusion4ClimateJustice

Are you a youth who is passionate about climate and peace?

Join us for a fun-filled Youth Climate & Peace Dialogue at the University of Nairobi, Kisumu Campus, on Saturday 18th May 2024 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EAT.

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Happening now at #2024UNCSC

World YWCA #YW4A Technical Programme Manager in Eastern Africa, Dolphine Kwamboka is part of the expert panel on the ongoing session; 𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆: 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉-𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 🌟

To solve today's global challenges, we need solutions & approaches from all sectors of society.

This week’s UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, seeks to boost ambition & accountability for September’s Summit of the Future.

Use #2024UNCSC to join the conversation.

💡Are you part of a women's group seeking resources on sexual and reproductive health?

Check out World YWCA's Toolkit for Advocacy on SRHR & Mental Health. Empower women, young women, and girls to stand for their rights

➡️bit.ly/3uHs4k1

Are you at the UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi?

Join our workshop - Unlocking Change: Youth-driven Transformation with Dolphine Kwamboka, our Technical Programme Manager in Eastern Africa for #YW4A .

📅 Date: May 9, 2024
⏰ Time: 13:15 – 14:30
📍 Location: CR1

#YWCAKisumu branch & Champions of Peace Kenya today led CSOs from the County Gender Sector Working Group in presenting a formal memorandum on the County Gender & Equality Bill to;
👉C.E.C.M of Sports, Culture, Gender & Youth Affairs,
👉Director of Culture & Gender,
👉County Attorney's office.

#YWCA 🇰🇪 & Champions of Peace Kenya brought together County government officials & CSO representatives in the County to discuss the #KisumuCounty 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 & 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍, a significant step in affirmative action, addressing gender challenges. #Inclusion4ClimateJustice

⭐️Discover the incredible impact of Gwaridi FEMSpace under the #YW4A programme! This collective is empowering their community, addressing forced early marriages & ensuring the safety & education of girls.

📖Read more about their inspiring journey👇
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Congratulations to Major General Gaiti Ahmed for breaking the glass ceiling with her appointment as 🇰🇪's first female Air Force Commander!🎉 This is a significant win for Kenyan women. #WomenLead

📸 #YWCANairobi branch leadership & members during #WorldYWCADay2024 celebrations🎉

Guest speaker, Daisy Amdany, Executive Director of CRAWN TRUST , highlighted (𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝘻𝘰𝘰𝘮) the importance of collective action, amplifying women's voices for change & investing in girls.

#YWCAMombasa branch young women leaders are at the forefront of the GBV battle! Through community campaigns & advocacy for accessible P3 forms in Likoni, Jomvu& Changamwe sub-counties, they're standing in the gap to ensure survivors can report without barriers. #SRHRights #EndGBV

#YWCAKisumu branch will be celebrating its Membership Day in line with the #WorldYWCADay2024 theme. This opportunity gives a chance for #YWCALeaders , both new & experienced, to join forces & make our voices heard, ushering in a new wave of intergenerational leadership & activism.

⭐️Get ready for #WorldYWCADay2024 tomorrow! ⭐️
Here's a special message from World YWCA President Mira Rizeq to mark this special day for our movement.
Join us for #WorldYWCADay2024 !

📖Download the toolkit 👉worldywca.org/unveiling-the-…

#YWCALeaders #YWCAday #YoungWomenLead

On this #WorldYWCADay2024 🎉,YWCA 🇰🇪 affirms it's support for World YWCA #Goal2035 which aims to have 100 million young women & girls 🌍 transform power structures to create #Justice , #GenderEquality & a world 🌍 without violence &war, inclusive of all women. #NoToRollbacks