By Danielle Marse-Kapr Senior Advocacy and Policy Associate This week, I had the honor of attending the 58th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). While the CSW occurs over the course of two weeks, NGOs from around the world lobby their representatives in support of the issues most impacting the women they… Continue Reading Creative Solutions to Difficult Issues: Working Around the System
by Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners and Kellyanne Conway, President & CEO, the polling company, inc./WomanTrend Today, we and the YWCA USA are excited to release the results of What Women Want 2012: A YWCA USA National Survey of Priorities and Concerns, a comprehensive look at women’s priorities in advance of the 2012 presidential… Continue Reading What Women Want 2012: A YWCA USA National Survey of Priorities and Concerns
by Sidney Kimball YWCA USA A delegation of 21 young women from across the globe represented the World YWCA at AIDS 2012, the 19th Annual International AIDS Conference, in Washington, D.C., July 22 to 27. These leaders, all united by the common goal of finding effective solutions and approaches to HIV and AIDS that affirm… Continue Reading Roundup: World YWCA at AIDS 2012
by Desiree Hoffman YWCA USA Advocacy and Policy Director Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 47 million women across the U.S. will now be able to receive the preventative care they need without a co-pay or deductible. For too long, women have often made the difficult choice of not attending to basic health care… Continue Reading Thanks, ACA! New No-Cost Preventative Care Means More Women Stay Healthy
World YWCA Statement on the XIX International AIDS Conference Washington, D.C., July 22 – 27, 2012 This week, the World YWCA joins the youth and women’s networks and faith community to advocate for women’s human rights to be placed at the center of the global HIV and AIDS response. Recognizing that despite the tide turning,… Continue Reading World YWCA at AIDS 2012: Securing Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in HIV Response