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YWCA WORLD COUNCIL DELEGATION VISITS TO CENTRES
World Council delegates will be visiting a YWCA Centre near you over the next few months to report back on their experience. Please join us on one of these dates to hear the delegates recount their experiences and bring to life what happens at World Council.
28th February
YWCA Livingston
Venue: Riverside Primary School , Youth Wing, Maree Walk, Craigshill, Livingston
6.00 – 8.00 pm
19th February
YWCA Lochend
198 Restalrig Road South , Edinburgh
6.30 – 8.30 pm
4th March
YWCA Coupar Angus (girls group)
Union Street , Coupar Angus
7.00 – 9.00 pm
7th March
YWCA Scotland
7b Randolph Crescent , Edinburgh
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
19th March
YWCA Kirkcaldy
Pathhead Halls
134 Commercial Street , Kirkcaldy
7.00 – 9.00 pm
YWCA Roundabout - date to be decided – details to follow
CHANGING LIVES, CHANGING COMMUNITIES
YWCA WORLD COUNCIL
KENYA, 1-11TH JULY, 2007
1,600 women from over 122 countries will gathered in Nairobi, Kenya in July 2007 for a unique experience. YWCA World Council is held every four years to set the priorities for the next session’s work, elect the members of the Executive Committee, and set policy through resolutions and recommendations.
This year’s highlights included a Young Women’s Leadership Forum bringing together young women from diverse cultures and backgrounds to explore issues of global concern including poverty, violence, human rights and sexual health. The International Women’s Summit on Women’s Leadership and HIV and AIDS starts with a one day Positive Women’s Forum, an event exclusively for HIV positive women.
Kirsty Kelly, YWCA Scotland President was elected to serve on the World YWCA Board for the next 4 years.
Lochend Centre Manager Sarah Cross visited YWCA Malawi on a 3-day pre-council African Partnership Safari to gain first hand knowledge of life for young women in Africa. She visited branches in Namiyango, Mulanje and Chapananga to see first hand their work on HIV/Aids awareness, social justice and human rights issues affecting girls and women.
YWCA Scotland were represented at World Council 2007 by Kirsty Kelly (President), Yasmin Shah (Vice President), Clare Booth (Board member), Caroline Spence (YWCA Roundabout) and staff members Sarah Cross (YWCA Lochend) and Gill Martin (YWCA Scotland C.E.O) as part of the YWCA of Great Britain delegation. YWCA Scotland member Julie Dickson attended in her capacity as Vice President of World YWCA.
You can read about their experiences in their daily blogs below
The delegation are now putting together a report on the World Council and preparing a presentation to disseminate their information to local centres. If you are interested in hearing about the outcomes of World Council or their experiences please contact Joan Bree for further information
Report #7,8,9,10,11 from Kenya (6/7/07)
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Kenya news - election of World YWCA President - 9/7/07 (6/7/07)
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Report #2,3,4,5,6 from Kenya (5-7/7/07)
view here, view here, view here, view here, view here
First report from Kenya World Council (4/7/07)
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Message to Scotland from WORLD YWCA President
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