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Neema’s Growth as a Leader Tells Its Own Story
November 3, 2025
When Neema Nyaundi first shared her story in 2023, she described herself as “a shy girl who used to sit at the back of the room, unsure if anyone wanted to hear what I had to say.” At the time, she was a young Trainer of Trainers in Kisii County, Kenya, juggling university, family, and volunteer work. Through the YW4A…
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YW4A Stories of Leadership: From Meru to the Global Stage
March 28, 2023
Photo of the author of this article: Purity Kanana, who is a young woman leader and peer educator from Meru County in Kenya. I got
Young Women Actively Participate in Decision-making in South Sudan
March 1, 2023
As a young woman who witnessed violence in her home country, Keji Viola Geroge started her advocacy in 2017 to help women and girls find
YW4A’s Partnership with the Netherlands to Fight Violence Against Women
February 10, 2023
As girls grow into young women, they increasingly find their voices silenced in patriarchal families, communities, and political spaces, and are subject to sexual and
YW4A Holds Inaugural Face-to-face Meeting
November 7, 2022
After working virtually together for about two years, the YW4A partners finally met face to face for the first time in Nyeri County in Kenya
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