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YWCA
International organization for women / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with YMCA.
For other uses, see YWCA (disambiguation).
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries.
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Young Women's Christian Association | |
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Founded | 1855; 169 years ago (1855) |
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Founder | Mary Jane Kinnaird Emma Robarts |
Founded at | London, United Kingdom |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Region | Worldwide |
Website | www |
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The World office is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland, and the nonprofit is headquartered in Washington, DC.
The YWCA is independent of the YMCA, but a few local and national YMCA and YWCA associations have merged into YM/YWCAs or YMCA-YWCAs and belong to both organizations, while providing the programs from each (an example being Sweden, which did so in 1966).