Posts by Virpi
Pauline Mukanza on Being our Representative at the European Women´s Lobby
Pauline Mukanza has been our representative at the European Women´s Lobby. She was kind to let us interview her. Here are the questions that she answered: 1) what role do you play at EWL on behalf of the European YWCA? 2) what encouraged you to go for this representative role in the first place? 3)…
Read MoreSharing and Caring – Communication is the key
The European Board organized the second ”Sharing and Caring” zoom call event on 7th July. This time participants came from various YWCAs around Europe: Sweden, Poland, Greek, England and Rhodes Island. Participants shared about the diverse ways YWCA´s in Europe had responded to the needs of their society and community during the COVID-19 pandemic. YWCAs…
Read MoreBeing on the Board – possibilities and expectations
The European YWCA is a small Organization with a small budget. That’s why we use to say that the European YWCA Board is a “working Board” and every European YWCA Board Member has to engage and commit herself to the cause of the YWCA movement. Being a member of the Board Between GAs the European…
Read MoreNews from the European YWCA Board
General Assembly 2020 The Board of the European YWCA took a decision to postpone the General Assembly. Now we can announce a digital General Assembly on October 24th via Zoom. The Board made this decision as we cannot be certain that travel restrictions will be lifted across Europe by the autumn and our constitution requires that we have to have a…
Read MoreWomen and COVID-19 – It´s not just the virus…
Thoughts and reflections from Joanna Toassa, European YWCA Board member and Treasurer During this COVID-19 pandemic, women’s lives are affected in many ways that are not always visible, due to restrictive measures and lockdown. Actually pandemic has drastically changed their/our lives. The impact on women’s lives can be categorized into three big categories: economic, social…
Read MoreSharing and Caring – Zoom meeting with members
A month ago, 28th of May, the European YWCA Board had a Zoom call with member associations: participants came from Greece, Malta and Italy. We talked about how Covid-19 had affected us and our organizations, and we shared the diverse responses we had encountered in different countries. We noticed how the pandemic had brought to…
Read MoreThe term “Femicide” at the World YWCA was adapted after a motion by YWCA of Greece
At the 29th World Council held from November 17th-22nd in Johannesburg, South Africa, the YWCA of Greece proposed a motion for the adoption of the term “femicide” by the World Y movement when referring to murders of women, because of their gender, as opposed to the general term homicide. The YWCA of Greece stated that…
Read MoreBecome a new Board Member?
Nowadays there are so many ways to get involved – especially for the YWCA or other NGOs. Maybe you are the type of person who would like to get involved in a local or national project. That’s totally okay. But what about contributing to the worldwide YWCA movement in Europe? Your YWCA is located in…
Read MoreEuropean Youth organizations give a voice to young people
The EYF is the platform of more than 100 youth organizations in Europe and it’s co-funded by Erasmus+ and the Council of Europe. The Youth Forum is an ideal opportunity for young people to immerse themselves in European politics and give young people a voice at international level. The European YWCA is happy to be…
Read MoreThe YWCA of Greece met with representatives of the UN Working Group on the Discrimination against Women
The UN working group on the discrimination against women in Law and Practice met on April 2nd at a centrally located hotel in Athens. The members of the organizations present, referred to the economic crisis that how it has affected the country and more specifically women and their rights. Despite the existing institutional framework (ratification…
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