Young Women’s Action Team
The YWAT is a youth-led, adult-supported social change project that empowers women to take action on issues that affect their lives (particularly issues of violence against girls and young women). The YWAT believes that girls and young women should be free from violence. We believe that through collective action, consciousness-raising, and organizing we can end violence against girls and young women.
Youth Activism- Trainspotting's Welsh gets Twitter 'Filthy' for Cannes May 18, 2013BRUSSELS (AFP) - Twitter and Irvine Welsh, the iconic "Trainspotting" author, are undeniably made for each other. […]
- Correction: Members of Israeli Knesset & OneVoice Movement Inaugurate Knesset Caucus To Promote Resolution of the Arab ... May 17, 2013JERUSALEM, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thirty-Seven members of Israel's Knesset, including current ministers in the Israeli government, along with the OneVoice Movement, and representatives of Israeli civil society organizations, will inaugurate the Caucus To Promote Resolution of the Arab-Israeli Conflict – in the Knesset's Jerusalem H […]
- Members of Knesset & OneVoice Movement Inaugurate Two-State Solution Caucus in Israeli Knesset May 17, 2013JERUSALEM, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thirty-Seven Knesset members, including current ministers in the Israeli government, along with the OneVoice Movement and representatives of Israeli civil society organizations, will inaugurate the Two-State Solution and the Resolution of the Israeli-Arab Conflict Caucus – in the Knesset's Jerusalem Hal […]
- In Pakistan, all politics is local May 10, 2013While keeping across national matters is important, understanding local issues is key to winning elections. […]
- Special Report: How textile kings weave a hold on Bangladesh May 3, 2013By John Chalmers DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's garment boom has made Mohammad Fazlul Azim a wealthy man. Over three decades his empire has grown from a single factory to a string of plants that employ 26,000 workers and clock up an annual turnover of about $200 million. Azim, who is also a member of parliament, has benefited from government policies to […]
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Darrien Skinner of Ingleside, TX As Youth Advocate of the Year May 1, 2013WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Darrien Skinner, 18, of Ingleside, Texas, has been named the Western Region Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for his leadership in the fight against tobacco. Darrien will be honored at a gala in the nation's capital on Thursday (May 2) along with a national winner, three […]
- Trainspotting's Welsh gets Twitter 'Filthy' for Cannes May 18, 2013