August 27, 2009 Liberia YMCA youth prepared for Youth Summit

Liberia YMCA youth are well-prepared for the upcoming Youth Summit in Ethiopia, which focuses on youth claiming their spaces, under the theme of civic competence in Africa.

The Subject to Citizen...

August 27, 2009 Upcoming Youth Summit: raising our own funds

Ghana YMCA is planning on sending four representatives to the upcoming Youth Summit in Ethiopia. During our recent Annual Youth Congress (see ‘Ghana YMCA youth taking the lead on civic competence in t...

August 20, 2009 Liberia YMCA at 128: Looking back with pride, forward with hope

Leaders and past leaders of Liberia YMCA reflected on the legacy and the future growth of the movement during the 128th anniversary celebration last week.

The celebration, which took place on 12 ...

August 13, 2009 Ghana YMCA youth taking the lead on civic competence in the country

At the recent Ghana YMCA Youth Convention, the Minister for Youth and Sports, Honourable Rashid Pelpuo, applauded the YMCA’s current focus on civic competence to ensure youth are able to influence pol...

August 06, 2009 Editorial – Siyahamba 14 – gender justice

Greetings YMCA family and friends Over the past 10 years, YMCAs worldwide have been involved in gender equity, gender justice-based activities and related advocacy. In Africa, a process was desig...

August 06, 2009 Ethiopia YMCA tackles gender violence through HIV peer education

By the age of 13, Wasinun Tadesa was living on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where gender violence was so common that he thought it was normal and “just part of the life”.

As one of the young...

August 06, 2009 Bible a rich source for dealing with gender based-violence

The dawn of democracy did not spare South Africa from the scourge of HIV and AIDS. Neither did it protect women and the girl child from gender-based violence (GBV). Because this virus was associated w...

August 06, 2009 Women at the helm in the Zambia YMCA

The Zambia YMCA is one of only two National Movements in the Africa Alliance which is led by a woman National General Secretary.  Further, two local associations are headed up by women General Se...

August 06, 2009 YMCA transformative masculinity approach

A bold new programme planned in the Southern Zone is that of transformative masculinity aimed to address the corresponding problem of ‘subjugated masculinity’. Under this, young men are socialised to ...