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Oxfam International Youth Partnerships: Every 3 years OIYP goes through a rigorous process of recruiting and selecting a new group of 300 Action Partners.  To be eligible to apply, applicants must be aged 18-25, able to speak English or Spanish conversationally and available to attend an 8 day event in November 2010, in New Delhi, India. 

Applications are now being accepted until 12 February 2010.

YWCA of Aotearoa New Zealand has moved! We have moved offices to Floor 3, 75 Ghuznee Street, Wellington. This will be our new postal address as well.

New Horizons for Women Trust Awards Ceremony: Barbara Francis, a volunteer of the YWCA of Wellington/Hutt Valley was awarded the 'Research Award' for her work on the 'Life of Agnes Moncrieff 1898-1988' on 9 September 2009. The award is a ‘community’ research award as the sponsoring body for the research is the YWCA for whom Agnes Moncrieff worked for in China and New Zealand. Barbara has developed two unpublished manuscripts on Agnes's life and will use the award for the funding of editorial support to develop them into a publishable document. This last part of the research will still require a considerable amount of voluntary work on Barbara's part, undertaking further research and writing, and an editor is essential for the document to be accessible to New Zealand women and girls.

Beehive Chat - Hon Tariana Turia: Two weeks ago, I was sitting in my electorate office, when suddenly a lightning bolt struck. Well two actually - Fee (Fiona) Ali - the manager of YWCA Whanganui - and her co vice-president Amy Benfell. They leapt into my office and asked me to be Patron. How could I say no? Read more

Join us on facebookJoin the YWCA of Aotearoa New Zealand on Facebook: This page has beenJoin the YWCA of Aotearoa New Zealand on set up as a space for women to network, discuss topics that are important and find out about events happening around New Zealand

Skylight Resources for young people facing tough life issues: Skylight is a not for profit national organisation that provides unique and specialised support to children, young people and their families/whanau through change, loss, trauma and grief - whatever the cause. More information

General Meeting

Rendezvous Hotel Auckland

4-6 December 2009

Our General Meeting was a huge success as we hosted our two World visitors, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda (World YWCA, General Secretary) and Juli Dugdale (World YWCA Asia and Pacific Programme Director).

We showcased our leadership programmes – Discover and Future Leaders, the Encore Breast Cancer Recovery Programme, Body Real Workshop and how the Ministry of Social Development's 'Community Max' scheme is working for the YWCA of Whanganui.

We hosted a 'Women of Significance Lunch' which saw many business card exchanges and connections made.

Mary-Jane Rivers, Development Manager Inspiring Communities was our guest speaker. Mary-Jane gave an insightful talk on shaping our first steps towards a national programme.

Click here to view photos from the weekend

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BNZ Closed for Good

Closed for good

With the help of our CLOSED FOR GOOD volunteers on 4 November 2009 we were able to move our office in one day. Our volunteers assisted with packing, cleaning, filing, organising and general tidying.

Many thanks to our volunteers and BNZ.

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office Items for sale

Office Chair; $45 (photo)

Damba Computer Chair, managerial style, lever height adjustment

Office Desks x 2; $90 (smaller) and $100 (larger) (photo) SOLD

Light Grey/Graphite

Height - .75m
Depth - .76m
Length - 1.60m and 1.80m

Both good condition and are currently dismantled

Keyboard; $45 (photo) SOLD

Microsoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard
Work more comfortablythe split, gently sloped shape of this ergonomic design keyboard encourages a natural hand, wrist, and forearm position.

All items may be viewed on arrangement

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Order our free resources now!

The YWCA of Aotearoa New Zealand has two free resources, and a third on its way, that are available to anyone and everyone.  Just email us on info@ywca.org.nz if you would like copies of either our DIY Guide or Like Your Body booklet. 

DIY

 

DIY Guide It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the world’s problems, but there is so much we can do! The DIY guide is here to help you work out what’s important to you and what you can do about it. 

Find out more about the DIY Guide and how to order copies

Order now - Like Your BodyOur Like Your Body booklet is about promoting positive body image and empowering young women.  It tackles important issues such as different ideas of beauty, images of women and body size in the media, healthy eating and the dangers of dieting.  It helps the reader to get active and take a stand against negative ideals of body image.

Find out more about Like Your Body and how to order copies.

As at 31 March 2009 our Like Your Body booklet is out of stock. We hope to be printing more in the near future.

 

Our Sisters booklet, which tackles all facets of young women's sexual health from sexual orientation and safe sex to sexual abuse and much more, will be available soon. 

                        
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Outward Bound Scholarships now available

In 2009 the YWCA of Aotearoa New Zealand is able to offer four scholarships of $1500 for young women to attend an Outward Bound course. These scholarships are available to young women 30 and under who, because of economic hardship, would not otherwise be able to attend.  In order to be eligible for a subsidy each young woman needs to be supported by their Member Association.  If there is not a YWCA in your area an application can be made through the YWCA of Aotearoa New Zealand.  There are certain commitment requirements that need to be met in order to be eligible for the scholarships so be sure to discuss these with your supporting YWCA.  To download an application form just click here, and for further information contact your local YWCA.

Rock Climbing

 

One of our successful applicants, 2009

As at 14 October 2009 there are no further scholarships available for 2009.

Information for scholarships offered in 2010 will be available later in the year.

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