YWCA Australia News

Launching She Speaks
Fri, 07/03/2014

To celebrate International Women's Day YWCA is launching our annual She Speaks survey. She Speaks is an online leadership survey targeted to girls and young women between the ages of 15-30.

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Women's Rights Country by Country
Fri, 07/03/2014

Find out more about women's rights in every country with this interactive women's rights map.

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Inspiring change
Tue, 04/03/2014

Westpac has released new research showing 80 per cent of Australian women believe their employer doesn’t fully accept flexible working conditions. The 2014 Westpac International Women’s Day Report surveyed 1,000 Australians and found that workplace flexibility (61%) and taking maternity leave (58%) are some of the top issues women currently face. To encourage Australians to pledge to make positive change around gender equality, Westpac Group’s CEO, Gail Kelly, was yesterday joined by inspirational Australian women, CARE Australia CEO, Dr Julia Newton-Howes AM, former tennis world champion, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, and YWCA NSW CEO Anna Bligh in Martin Place, Sydney.

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In solidarity with the YWCA of Ukraine
Wed, 05/03/2014

The World YWCA, including YWCA Australia, stands in solidarity with the YWCA of Ukraine in its call for peace. In the last three months civil unrest has erupted and as of last November 2013, when Mr Yanukovych, (Ousted President of Ukraine) rejected a far-reaching trade and association pact with the EU, preferring closer ties with Moscow instead. It has been widely reported that around 100 people were killed in clashes between anti-Yanukovych protesters and police in Kiev, many of the protesters shot by snipers.

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RightsTalk: The voices of young women inspiring change
Wed, 19/02/2014

The Australian Human Rights Commission, in partnership with the YWCA, will host a special International Women's Day RightsTalk in Sydney on 26 February to hear from some of the young women that are inspiring change in Australia today. The panel will explore the challenges, issues and inspirations of young women as they negotiate financial independence, career opportunities and equality in leadership.

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