YWCA

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.

Not to be confused with YMCA.
For other uses, see YWCA (disambiguation).

YWCA
Young Women's Christian Association
Founded1855 (1855)
FounderMary Jane Kinnaird
Emma Robarts
Founded atLondon, United Kingdom
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
Region
Worldwide
Websitewww.worldywca.org

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 YMCA and YWCA associations have merged into YM/YWCAs or YMCA-YWCAs and belong to both organizations, while providing the programs from each.

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