Young women from Palestine and Egypt participate in a joint webinar on the occasion of International Youth Day
On Monday, August 12,
YWCA Palestine and the Ibrahimiya Media Center in Egypt (IMC), organized a joint
webinar on the occasion of International Youth Day, entitled “The Role of
Digital Transformation in Empowering Young Women to Leadership and Combating
Gender-Based Violence”, within the Young Women's Awareness, Agency, Advocacy,
and Accountability Programme (YW4A).
The webinar hosted two
digital advocacy influencers, Yasmine Abu Rayya from Egypt and Mona Shtayyeh
from Palestine, who discussed their experiences using digital platforms to empower young women to
leadership, gender equality, combating gender-based violence, and other human
rights issues.
The webinar provided a
safe space for attendees to ask questions and share ideas and opinions about
the issue.
The YW4A is one of YWCA
Palestine's strategic programs, implemented in collaboration with a number of
local, regional, and international partners.
YW4A’s strategic
objective is to defend and expand the fulfilment of young women’s rights to
dignity, bodily integrity, and equal participation in decision-making, through
the implementation of gender-just policies and laws.
YWCA Palestine
implements (YW4A) programme, in cooperation with the East Jerusalem YWCA, the
Psychosocial Counseling Center for Women (PSCCW), Al-Harah Theatre, and the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.
YW4A is a five-year
program, funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and led by
consortium partner World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA),
working in collaboration with YWCA Kenya, YWCA Palestine, YWCA South Sudan, and
Ibrahimia Media Center (IMC), Equality Now, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, and
Faith to Action Network (F2A).