YWCA Empowerment Program

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

YWCA’s training programmes are initiated, driven and facilitated by women and young women. We use a feminist approach, which is inclusive and intergenerational. We also use a human rights-based approach to empower young women and women to become leaders and decision-makers in their communities. We develop skill-based and thematic trainings to respond to the needs of the communities.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Global

Activity URL

https://www.worldywca.org/our-priorities/

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
Quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
Cross-cutting areas
  • Empowerment
  • HIV and STIs
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Other community members - female, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational
  • Tertiary
  • N/A
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Curriculum/learning
  • Gender-sensitive curricula
Life skills education
  • Gender, rights and power
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
  • Peer mentors
Women's empowerment programs
  • Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved critical thinking
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms