World YWCA Day 2022

“The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination.” - John H Schaar

Every year on April 24, YWCAs around the world celebrate World YWCA Day. For 160 years, YWCA leaders and pioneers have taken action in communities to make human rights a reality.

In 2021 we celebrated World YWCA Day with the theme, “A Celebration of YWCA Leaders.” We celebrated the individual leaders that make up our powerful and longstanding global movement.

The World YWCA Day this year 2022 will focus on Goal 2035, with the theme, ‘YWCA Leaders Co-Creating Goal 2035’ - not just some place we are going to, but a place we are creating together.

#Goal2035 - “By 2035, 100 million young women and girls will transform power structures to create justice, gender equality and a world without violence and war; leading a sustainable YWCA movement, inclusive of all women.”

A powerful address by Mrs Vinisha Nero, MLA, in the State Legislative Assembly of Karnataka.