During the World YWCA Council 2007, the YWCA movement celebrated a milestone in their YWCA Global Campaign launched in 1999 to raise USD 25 million for the Power to Change fund. Thanks to the generosity of thousands of women and men in 89 countries, the YWCA Power to Change Fund has passed the USD 10 million mark – the point at which interest generated from the fund can be used to expand opportunities for women’s leadership development. For more information go the the World YWCA website
The World YWCA recently held its quadrennial World Council in Nairobi, Kenya focusing on “Changing Lives, Changing Communities .” Running alongside the Council was the International Women's Summit with the theme Women's Leadership, Making a Difference on HIV and AIDS, which included a first of its kind Positive Women's Forum.
Webcasts from the different sessions are available for viewing from the World YWCA website as well as downloads of the speeches given at the Summit including Dr Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organisation and Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS.
Women from around the world were challenged to turn their desire to see a better response to HIV and AIDS into action at the World YWCA’s International Women’s Summit. The Nairobi 2007 Call to Action outlines 10 key areas for action based on the existing knowledge and evidence about the life experience of women and girls around the world.
