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International Women's Summit

The World YWCA is hosting its fourth International Women's Summit (IWS) under the theme "Women Creating a Safe World ”.

The 2-day Summit:

  • Focuses on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), HIV and AIDS, violence against women (VAW) and peace with justice, especially for women living with HIV
  • Creates a safe space for experience sharing, good practices, dialogue and exchange
  • Is grounded on the experience, practice and work of the YWCA movement and partner organisations
  • Upholds human rights based approaches affirming women, the empowerment and leadership of young women and girls
  • Takes an inter-generational approach that affirms young women’s leadership
  • Shares experiences of faith through the lenses of feminist theology
  • Defines models of work for the next decade

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