Commission for the Status of Women 65 Networking Event
"The world over, COVID-19 has further exposed that women are not equal partners in decision-making and policy implementation" said Sunita...
World YMCA Annual Report 2020
The Annual Report charts both the immediate and the long-term practical and strategic response (‘Resilience’, ‘Recovery’, ‘Reimagination’) to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Unlearning Systemic Racism Y USA Town Hall
“We have collectively decided to fight the good fight. We have decided to get into the necessary trouble”, said David...
For the love of books
Francesca Natalone is 27, and works for YMCA Siderno in the province of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy. She runs...
Working with refugees and migrants: YMCA at the forefront
“YMCA has always taken care of those who have wanted to start a new future and needed support. And the...
Restoring democracy in Myanmar
Global YMCA movement joins the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs in calling for a peaceful restoration of democracy in...
Becoming an ‘Adaptive YMCA’ for the 21st Century
World YMCA published a blueprint for the entire YMCA Movement to navigate through and out of the Covid pandemic today,...
130 Change Agents from 50 countries graduate
‘Be the change you want to see’, said World YMCA President Patricia Pelton, quoting Mahatma Gandhi, as she congratulated 130...
Big 6 Youth Organisations launch policy recommendations for the post-pandemic reality
Geneva, 15 December 2020. The Big Six – the world’s six largest youth organisations – have called on governments and...
YMCA calls for peace in the South Caucasus
“No alternatives to peace and reconciliation” World YMCA and YMCA Europe continue to call for peace in the ongoing conflict in...
Beirut: YMCA supporting families in coming back home
On Tuesday 4 August 2020, a massive explosion destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in Beirut, killing 178 people and...
When the roots are deep, there are no reasons to fear the wind…
“Roof for Roots”, the YMCA Europe Roots for Peace Award 2020 Winner Project was implemented by YMCA Georgia at Camp...