World YWCA - YWCA Clean Water Projects

Address

World YWCA
16 Ancienne Route Grand Saconnex
Geneva, Switzerland CH-1218
Switzerland
41 22 929 60 40
http://www.worldywca.org

Mission

The vision of the World YWCA is of a fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and sustained through women’s leadership. The purpose of the World YWCA is to develop the leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve human rights, health, security, dignity, freedom, justice and peace for all people.

Programs

The priorities of the YWCA are: World peace with justice; Human rights of women and children; Women’s health and HIV/AIDS; Women’s economic justice, the environment and sustainable development. Under these priorities some local programs include: Angola: Literacy & computer training; Kenya: community peace building; Nepal: leadership training; Ukraine: advocacy on AIDS; Brazil: sexual & reproductive health

Personnel Overview

NYARADZAI GUMBONZVANDA - General Secretary (CEO) of the World YWCA
Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda is the General Secretary of the World YWCA. She has over ten years of experience with the United Nations, where she served as Regional Director for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in Eastern Africa, among other positions.

Personnel Statistics

Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary
Founded in 1885
Employees: 13,875
Volunteers: 750,000