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none Launch of Honoring women leaders
21 Mar 2007 — 16:31
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YWCAs around the world have been working to build a fund that will invest in the movement’s top priority—empowering women and girls to lead social change. During the World YWCA Council in July, the YWCA wants to celebrate a significant benchmark in building this fund: US $10 million, the point at which income from the fund will be used by YWCAs to expand the leadership development of women and girls. To date, US $7 million has been raised and a foundation has issued a challenge grant of US $1 million, which will be awarded when the fund reaches US $9 million. To access this challenge grant, we must raise an additional US $2 million.

Can we get there by June? With your help, we can! Now is your opportunity to give women and girls “the power to change.” Make your donation today to the Power to Change Fund and it will be matched through the generosity of the foundation. With your help and the support of the foundation we can celebrate the milestone of reaching US $10 million in the Power to Change Fund at the 2007 World YWCA Council in Nairobi.

 

Almost US$ 2 million is needed and every gift brings us closer to the goal. The fund has grown because of the generosity and vision of hundreds of YWCAs, friends, foundations, and businesses. Your support for this important programme is crucial. If you have already given, please consider another donation at this time.

 

There are many ways you can support the Power to Change Fund. “Honouring Women Leaders,” a new programme of the World YWCA is a special way to do so. If you wish to have a named fund within the Power to Change Fund, donate $10,000 and ensure your interests are addressed in perpetuity.

 

Celebrate World YWCA Day with an Around the World Breakfast. Be creative in your fundraising strategies. Let’s all use our Power to Change, and make this larger than we ever dreamed. Use this opportunity to think about the work of the YWCA and what a difference this Fund will make in the lives of women and girls and how you can be part of it.

Send your donation now and join us in July for World Council in Nairobi to celebrate.

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For more information contact:
Joyce.feinberg@worldywca.org

International Honouring Women Leaders
21 Mar 2007 — 15:46
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Is there a leader who has inspired you to action?
Is there a leader in your YWCA who has consistently empowered other women and girls through her leadership?
Is there a leader you admire who has used her leadership talents to effect positive change for women and their families?
Is there a woman in your YWCA, past or present, who deserves to be honoured?

In July of this year at the World YWCA Council in Nairobi, the World YWCA will honour women leaders from YWCAs around the globe: women who exemplify leadership and who in their own quiet or bold ways, have helped make the world a better place for women and girls.

 

A new programme has been started to honour, on an on-going basis, those exceptional and exemplary leaders in our YWCAs who have made a difference in our lives and in the lives of others. Join with other women in your YWCA to identify women whose leadership and impact created opportunities for women and girls. The names of all the women honoured will be compiled into an honour roll of women leaders which will be displayed at the World Council and on the World YWCA website. The honour roll will also be permanently kept in the World YWCA, so that their contributions will always be remembered.

 

This new programme will help support the Power to Change Fund, which will fund good programmes for women and girls in perpetuity. We ask that for every woman who you recognise, you donate to the Power to Change Fund in her honour or memory. There is no limit to the number of leaders who can be honoured nor is there a specific donation level, but we encourage you to set a challenging goal that is consistent with the leadership that this woman has provided.

 

As we make history in creating a strong foundation for YWCA leadership programmes to flourish in the future, we can also build a permanent history of the many leaders who have and are, charting the course for all of us—our mentors, role models, teachers and advisors.

 

Honour a leader today:

 

Make a donation:

 

For more information, please contact the World YWCA office:
worldoffice@worldywca.org

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