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The World YWCA Board 2007- 2011

published: 31 Jul 2007 — 9:53

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Composition of the World YWCA Board

World YWCA President

Susan Brennan , from Australia, is a barrister practicing in administrative, town planning and

environmental law. Former president of the YWCA of Australia, Susan Brennan, who replaces Mónica Zetzsche as president, was active in providing NGO input into the drafting of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and coordinated human rights hearings at the YWCA International Women's Summit in 2003. She is a previous co-convenor of the Women's Rights Action Network of Australia and has written and spoken extensively on women’s human rights.

World YWCA General Secretary

Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda , from Zimbabwe, worked from 2001-2007 with UNIFEM, most recently as the regional programme director for East and Horn of Africa. Before that she worked as the national child rights advisor for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Zimbabwe and as human rights officer and chief of section on Rights Promotion and Communication for UNICEF in Liberia. She is the first International Coordinator of the Women’s Committee of the World Conference on Religion and Peace and Chair of the Advisory Committee of the African Women of Faith Network. She is also advisor for the Centre for Land, Economy and Rights of Women. Gumbanzvanda has a Masters in Law from the University of South Africa and completed post graduate work on conflict resolution at Uppsala University, Sweden.