Tools such as mentoring and train the trainer modules seek to expand the number of leaders trained, and young women are a primary target for leadership development in order to sustain the future of the YWCA’s vision for a better world.

Every year, over 1.6 million women and girls are prepared for leadership through the YWCA movement.

After more than a decade, the YWCA has effectively established a culture that values and upholds young women’s right to participate in decision making.

“A LONG TERM VISION requires a long term commitment that spans across generations, which is why the YWCA invests in the leadership of young women. By providing the space for young women to develop leadership in supportive and enabling environments we are sustaining the visions and actions necessary for social change. We are also creating a powerful asset: a pool of analytical, informed and well trained women leaders who can move into other sectors of society and influence change”
-- Dr Musimbi Kanyoro, General Secretary, World YWCA 1998-2007