Apply for the Study Session until October 25th!
Digital Superpowers: loading… This 12.-15. of December 2016 the European YWCA hosts another awesome Study Session at the European Youth Center in Strasbourg, France, in partnership with the Council of Europe. We are searching for 35 young women up to 30 years young to participate in the Study Session empowering women through the use of…
Read MoreProposed Work Plan 2017-2018
With the proposed Work Plan 2017-2018 the documents for the business meeting are almost complete. May you have fruitful discussions preparing for the ERM!!! We are certainly looking forward to continuing these discussions with you. Please note that, as for the Strategic Plan and the Resolution, there will also be some time to discuss the…
Read MoreResolution from the Swiss YMCA/YWCA
Dear friends, among the Documents prepared for the ERM, please note the updated version of the Resolution to be voted on. It concerns the possibility of the Presidents and General Secretaries from Joint Movements to participate as voting delegates, regardless of their gender. Have a look!
Read MoreQuality Standards for Youth Policy
On our toolkit page you find a link to the newly finished toolkit on quality standards for youth policy by the Youth Forum. Have a look!
Read MoreEuropean YWCA Financial Accounts
The European YWCA Board is happy to report that as of February 2016 the European YWCA Accounts have successfully been moved to Sydbank, Denmark and will, from now on, be kept in Euros instead of in Swiss Francs, as it has been in recent years. The biggest advantage of this is that the transparency of…
Read MoreStudy Session 2016
With great pleasure the European YWCA Board has received notice that the application for the Study Session on Using Technology for Young Women’s Empowerment within the Framework of the New Sustainable Development Goals in November 2016 has been approved. It will be held from the 14.-17. of November in Strasbourg. A special Thank you to Pauline and…
Read MoreERM elects a New Constitution and Board
European YWCA elects a New Constitution and Board In October 2014 the European YWCA held their biennial European representatives meeting (ERM) in Stuttgart, Germany, hosted by the YWCA of Germany. A total of sixty delegates from across Europe convened to discuss the future of the European YWCA movement and appointed a new European YWCA Board,…
Read MoreRegistration of European YWCAs in Sweden
Just to inform you: we are now officially registered in Sweden as of august 2014. This is very good news and we, as the committee, are super relieved it is taken care of now 🙂 If you have any questions regarding this registration, do not hesitate to ask us! You can send your emails to…
Read MoreWho will represent the youth in the Advisory Council?
By: Nina Meiling In the weekend of April 20 I went to the Council of Members meeting of the European Youth Forum in Brussels, as a representative of the European YWCAs. The ‘big thing’ during this meeting with the more than 100 Youth Organizations of Europe was the election of 20 youth representatives for the…
Read MoreEuropean Youth Forum is ready for a new board!
By: Nina Meiling Every two years the General Assembly of the European Youth Forum is held. This year it took place in Maribor, Slovenia from the 21st until the 25th of November 2012. Nina Meiling went there as delegate of the European YWCAs. The European Youth Forum (YFJ) is an umbrella organization that represents around…
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