The World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA) is a global women’s rights movement leading social and economic change in over 120 countries worldwide. Operating at the community level, the YWCA works in 22,000 communities and reaches some 25 million women and girls worldwide through its advocacy programmes and services.

Founded and inspired by Christian principles and a commitment to women’s full and equal participation in society, the World YWCA is inclusive of women from diverse faiths, backgrounds and cultures and operates with integrity and responsible accountability within a human rights based framework.

World YWCA Strategic Directions 2012-2015 Vision: A fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and

sustained by women’s leadership.

Purpose: To develop leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and a sustainable environment for all people.

About the World YWCAGoals: Women, young women and girls exercise leadership in our lives

and communities and advocate for our rights

The social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of women, young women and girls are promoted and protected through advocacy programmes and services

The World YWCA movement effectively fulfils its purpose to develop the leadership of women and girls by functioning at the highest level of organisational

accountability

Programme priorities:

Young Women’s Leadership

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV

Violence against Women

2011 was a special year for the World YWCA as it was a World Council year. It is a unique event, which brings together the YWCA

movement, active today in over 120 countries, and builds momentum, unity and a common direction towards advancing our shared vision. This year crucial decisions were made, directions defined, resolutions passed and opinions voiced, and a process for envisioning the future was initiated.

The World Council also included the 4th International Women’s Summit - an opportunity to strengthen relationships, and share experiences with our many long term partners without whose support we would not have the capacity to carry out our work worldwide. High-level speakers alongside young women leaders debated on women’s issues. They shaped a global agenda for the rights, leadership and empowerment of women and girls, a significant contribution to the post-2015 development framework and the 20 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

The World YWCA Council reinforced the YWCA’s important role worldwide, and the growing need to lift our global voices around urgent issues such as sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV and violence against women and girls – concerns which were addressed from the angle of the theme of World Council, “Women Creating a Safe World”.

With a new President and Board elected at World Council, the organisation took a fresh start. Out of 20 Board members, 45% are young women. This reinforced

the World YWCA’s commitment to empower young women through leadership opportunities and ensure their influence on the organisation’s future direction. For over 150 years the YWCA has been leading the way and striving for the empowerment of young women in communities across the world.

Building upon this momentum, the World YWCA rolled out its strategic and dynamic action plan at World Council. Advancing women’s rights - in particular, sexual and reproductive rights, freedom from violence and women’s right to equitable participation in decision making - is central to the work of the YWCA movement and during the reporting period, the organisation integrated a human rights based approach to its work, as an underlying principle of its new Strategic Framework for 2012-2015.

An organisation is made special by the people that contribute and work towards its success. It is our dedicated and talented staff, the multitude of hard working volunteers and Member Associations, World Council host Association the YMCA-YWCA Switzerland, our friends, partners and donors who have made this year a success. Without their expertise, skills, time, commitment and contribution, we would not have achieved all that we have.

It was also a joy to share leadership with the outgoing World YWCA Board led by President Susan Brennan, and to welcome the new leaders of our movement led by Dr Deborah Thomas-Austin.

Thank you for your support in 2011 and for contributing towards women creating a safe world.

Nyaradzayi GumbonzvandaWorld YWCA General Secretary

Message from the General Secretary

A key objective for the World YWCA in 2011 has been to actively develop the leadership of women at all levels enabling them to become important actors in decision making and influencing change worldwide.

Key outcomes: An inspiring Movement Building and Leadership Pre-Council, attended

by some 350 participants, focused on transformative and intergenerational leadership, human rights and advocacy and good governance and accountability. Trainings were led by partner organisations and YWCAs and provided an interactive learning and discussion space.

Nearly 1,000 participants at the World Council Business Meeting and the International Women’s Summit benefitted from over 50 interactive Breakout Sessions and Skills Building Workshops organised by YWCAs and partners. These events provided a platform for sharing of best practices, developing advocacy strategies and increasing participants’ knowledge on the priority issues.

The first ever Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Strategy was launched at World Council and later during the Pacific Leaders Forum in September 2011, together with partner organisations and YWCAs in the region. It was also presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Strategy is the first of its kind and covers a region where more than half the population is under 25. Hundreds of young women from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand contributed to the development of the strategy, and a coalition of partners has been established to guide its implementation.

Thanks to our partners, including EED - Church Development Service and World Service Council, two young women were selected for a one-year internship at the World YWCA Office in Geneva and four short term interns participated in the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, USA, and at the World YWCA Council. The 20th anniversary of the internship programme was celebrated at World Council with an internship alumni gathering. A survey carried out among past participants highlighted that their internship experience had a fundamental impact on their lives, and the majority of former interns now hold significant leadership roles within their YWCAs or other organisations. This was confirmed when World YWCA 2011 intern, Jenta Tau, returned home in December 2011 and was appointed the new General Secretary of the YWCA of the Solomon Islands.

The Mary Robinson Award for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights was launched at World YWCA Council by Mary Robinson and Ambassador Sigrun Mogedal. The Award recognises the extraordinary leadership of young women worldwide on human rights and their innovation in changing lives and communities. Applications were received from 70 countries and the award recipients were Nancy Kapembwa (YWCA Zambia) and Jacinta Nyachae (AIDS Law Project, Kenya), as well as the YWCAs of Canada and Belize who received a joint award for creating enabling environments for young women’s leadership to flourish.

The World YWCA, in collaboration with European YWCAs, coordinated the European Young Women’s Study Session on Creating a World Without Violence, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, in July 2011. Participants shared knowledge and developed skills in various areas including human rights, project management and advocacy, and strengthened partnerships across Europe.

Paving the Way to Leadership

Impact through Advocacy

ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2011 - DECEMbER 2011

Synergy through Partnership

Working collaboratively with partner organisations and networks – whether corporate, international, non-governmental or ecumenical - is key to the success of the World YWCA’s advocacy and programme work.

Key outcomes: The World YWCA entered its third year of partnership with the David and

Lucile Packard Foundation. Extensive work on SRHR was carried out in eight YWCAs in Africa (Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia). Trainings were held at the grassroots level and at World Council to strengthen young women’s leadership on SRHR and HIV; technical support was provided for project design, monitoring and evaluation; young women were supported to engage in global and regional advocacy spaces; and monitoring visits were carried out to Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, where the positive impact of these projects was clearly witnessed. Several hundred young women and girls received training, and thus far the work in these eight countries has had an outreach of close to 30,000 people and a distribution of over 11,000 education and communication materials on SRHR and HIV.

The World YWCA continued to be an active member of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, which is guiding the implementation of the Operation Plan on HIV, Women, Girls and Gender Equality. The International Women’s Summit, where over 12 coalition partners participated, was also a key component of the Coalition’s work plan. At IWS a high level panel on SRHR and HIV was held, as well as a number of breakout sessions directly related to monitoring the outcomes of the High Level Meeting on HIV and the UNAIDS Operational Plan.

A new partnership was developed with the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) to consult with women in Africa around the implementation gaps in reaching the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action which will be under review in 2014.

A new partnership with AusAID began in 2011. The Mobilising Young Women Leaders and Advocacy Project focuses on 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific, including India, the Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. This cooperation develops young women's leadership on SRHR, gender based violence and HIV and AIDS and supports programmes in these countries.

At World Council 2011, the World YWCA and the Legacy Foundation launched a joint mentoring studio project and conducted 100 interviews of YWCA leaders of all ages to capture their stories and their impact on grassroots communities. This is designed to create an online platform for mentoring young women around the world.

Thanks to partners who continued to support and donate to the World YWCA’s Power to Change Fund, YWCA Member Associations were involved in, or directly carried out, a wide array of projects and trainings on topics including women’s leadership, SRHR and HIV awareness, capacity building, action against VAW, and human rights for women and girls. The support of donors enabled over 45,000 participants worldwide to benefit from these activities, with an overall outreach to over 160,000 people.

The “C” in our name remains a constant reminder of the values upon which the organisation was founded

and it guides the World YWCA movement in its leadership in ecumenical forums, both locally and globally.

Key outcomes: World Council was an opportunity for the World YWCA to strengthen

the development of a network of theologians to support work on

faith and women’s rights. Four women theologians held a session on

theology, SRHR and HIV, thanks to the support of the Dutch Inter-Church

Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO).

Each morning, worship was held at World YWCA Council and participants

were invited to reflect on whether a safer world is possible and how the YWCA

movement can contribute to build it. The dynamic reflections prepared by a team

of women from the YWCA-YMCA Switzerland included drama, mime and symbolic

actions, music from different parts of the world and multiple traditions, and examined

non-traditional images of God also found in the Scriptures.

The World YWCA participated in the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Senior Religious Leaders’ Working Group on HIV, which looks at the role of faith leaders in response to

HIV and AIDS.

The annual World YWCA-YMCA Week of Prayer took place in November and called for joint

prayer and reflection around the theme “A Voice to Influence: Young People Speaking Out for

Rights and Justice”. A special booklet was produced in English, French and Spanish and distributed

to the YWCA and YMCA movements.

Honouring our Faith

The Movement in Action

The focal point of this reporting period was the World YWCA Council, including the International Women’s Summit (IWS). Held from July 10-16, 2011, in Zurich, Switzerland, the event brought together almost 1,000 women and men from 97

countries, around the theme “Women Creating a Safe World”.

The World YWCA Council is a quadrennial legislative meeting of the World YWCA which brings together Member Associations from around the world. Its primary responsibility is to determine the policy, constitution, strategic direction and budget of the World YWCA for the coming four years. There were many highlights at this year’s meeting, including approving a new Strategic Framework with a strong human rights focus, electing a new President and Board, affiliating new Member Associations from Haiti and the US Virgin Islands and adopting resolutions on climate justice and the human rights situation in North Korea. In addition, a number of workshops and skills building sessions exchanged knowledge and experience across the movement and with partners.

The IWS was designed to mobilise women’s leadership to create a safe world for women to claim their rights. High-level leaders, including three former and first female presidents, Michelle Bachelet, Mary Robinson and Ruth Dreifuss, shared their vision with a captive audience, alongside young women working in communities to achieve change. Key themes of the plenary sessions were: Women Creating a Safe World; Securing Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Women; Putting an End to Violence against Women; Securing Justice; and

Claiming Safe Spaces for Women and Girls. Plenary and breakout sessions set a clear agenda for women’s leadership in creating a safe world and identifying key recommendations for governments, UN agencies, ecumenical partners and women’s organisations, including the YWCA.

The Summit affirmed the importance of women’s leadership, empowerment and rights in creating a world where peace, justice, freedom, dignity, health and care for the environment are upheld. IWS also resulted in a global call to action which is designed to feed into the post-2015 development framework and 20 years review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

This year’s Council clearly highlighted the World YWCA’s commitment to young women’s leadership and the significant place young women have in the movement. 45% of the new YWCA Board voted in at World Council are young women, and some 200 young women from all over the world participated in the Young Women’s Leadership Dialogue and contributed to the IWS, where young women’s voices were central in defining issues.

27th World YWCA Council andInternational Women’s Summit

Key outcomes: A new Strategic Framework for the

2012 – 2015 quadrennium was approved

at World Council. This framework prioritises

Young Women’s Leadership, SRHR and HIV

and Violence against Women, and will guide the

movement in its actions and priorities over the next

four years.

A movement-wide survey of the past four years resulted

in the World YWCA Four Year Report which compiled

data on global outreach and gave clear insight into the

organisation’s membership, activities and impact. It also

clearly highlighted the on-going development and growth of the

World YWCA over the period surveyed.

The World YWCA has begun implementing a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) in all of its work. A training session was held at

World Council and training tools and a manual to support monitoring

and evaluation were developed to inform and guide Member Associations

on this new approach and integrate this with results based management.

At World Council a four year Visioning Process was initiated to identify

the movement’s desired impact leading up to 2035 and building upon the

existing aim of developing the leadership and collective power of women

and girls worldwide. Members mapped the important issues in their

countries where YWCAs should be making an improvement.

Two new Member Associations – YWCA Haiti and the YWCA of the US Virgin

Islands – were affiliated at World Council, bringing the total number of

affiliated countries to 108. A further 12 associations are working towards

affiliation.

A report on the World YWCA Standards of Good Management (SGMA)

Self-Assessment by Member Associations over the quadrennium was

developed. It will serve as a guide to strengthening good governance and

accountability among YWCAs. The SGMA was also translated into French

and Spanish.

Though the World YWCA is over 150 years old, it is a movement that has evolved with its times, regularly renewing its priority areas and adapting to global changes by embracing the latest methodologies, technology and infrastructure so as to respond to the different needs of women, young women and girls.

World YWCA DirectoryWorld YWCA Board Members (elected in July 2011)

Officers:Deborah Thomas-Austin, President, Trinidad and Tobago Susan Brennan, Vice President, AustraliaTricia Gideon, Vice President, BelizeIda Ituze, Vice President, RwandaKirsty Kelly, Vice President, Great BritainJessica Notwell, Vice President, CanadaAndrea Nuñez Argote, Vice President, MexicoCarolyn Flowers, Treasurer, USA

World Board Members:Silvanna Ayaipoma de Mattos, PeruHaifa Baramki, PalestineBelinda Bennet, IndiaValerie Ho, TaiwanAnna-Kaisa Ikonen, FinlandAlice Iwebu-Kale, Solomon IslandsHoda Kamal El Mankabady, EgyptLuna Lee, USARebecca Phwitiko, MalawiMonika Simeon, NamibiaYoung Hee Won, KoreaGeeske Zanen, The Netherlands

World Office StaffGeneral SecretariatNyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, ZimbabweMichelle Higelin, Deputy General Secretary, Focal Point Europe, Australia Ana Villanueva, Executive Coordinator, ArgentinaFiona Wilkie, World Council Coordinator, Great Britain Marisa Ribordy, World Council Assistant, Switzerland (Until August 2011)

ProgrammeJuli Dugdale, Global Programme Manager Women's Leadership &

Movement Building; Focal Point Asia-Pacific, Australia Marie-Claude Julsaint, Global Programme Manager Violence Against

Women; Focal Point North America and Caribbean, HaitiHendrica Okondo, Global Programme Manager SRHR & HIV and AIDS;

Focal Point Africa, KenyaCaterina Lemp, Programme Officer Membership Support; Focal Point Latin

America, Chile Mandy Nogarede, Programme Officer Grant Management; Focal Point

Middle East, Great BritainPaola Salwan Daher, Programme Officer for Young Women, Focal Point for

Europe, Lebanon (until August 2011)

CommunicationsSylvie Jacquat, Communications Co-Director, Switzerland Vivian Hakkak, Communications Co-Director, SwitzerlandMaja Gosovic Rekovic, Communications Officer, Serbia

Finance and AdministrationJane Bennett, Director for Finance and Administration, IrelandAika-Ruwa Temu, Finance Officer, TanzaniaMarie-Antoinette Santschi, Personnel Assistant, SwitzerlandMarisa Ribordy, Personnel Assistant, Switzerland (as of Dec. 2011)

InternsJenta Tau, Solomon Islands (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Alemtsehay Zergaw, Ethiopia (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Nina Österholm, Finland (CSW 2011)Alifa Elrington, Belize (CSW 2011)Marcia Banasko, UK (as of Dec 2011)Juliana Chat Agurto (World Council)Liga Efeja, Latvia (World Council)Gwendoline Ashcroft (World Council)

Investment Advisory GroupCarol BaldiMurielle Joye (Chairperson)Sylvie PralongPhilip TreyvaudDominique de St Pierre

Volunteers and Consultants

The World YWCA expresses its heart-felt thanks to the many volunteers and consultants who contributed their time, energy and skills to the movement in 2011 supporting World Office operations, World Council preparations, capacity building and advocacy work: Dara Melati AbdoerrachmanAmy BaldersonJoanna BennettCéline BoissonDoreen BoydElaine CarlsonYoon-Young ChoeSarah DaviesSophie DilmitisCheryl EastonBonnie FatioVivianne FatzettiNathalie Fisher SpaltonArisbe Gomez de RaudaCatherine Graf Kaiza GrahamAberash GuramelSusan T. HowarthLucy IloenyosiFlorine JobinMuna Kaldawi-KillingbackMichael LawsonLaurence Levrat-Pictet

Sika LishomwaJuliarty MassonLiz NashVictoria NegreMarc NogaredeElisabeth NortonRuth OkothOlivia Orehag MatsdotterMildred PersingerFelicity RussellRoxy RussellDoris SalahMarianne Schörling-Ajayi Rebecca Anandi Smith Sophia SollaranoHendrik StroosmaConstance TateLaura VanzoMaritza VitelaRebecca ZornYWCA-YMCA Switzerland’s many ‘Helping Hands’ at 2011 Zurich World YWCA Council

DonorsThe World YWCA gratefully acknowledges and recognises the following partners for their contributions and support over the past year:

African Women’s Development Fund – GhanaARROW – MalaysiaAusAID – AustraliaEED – Church Development Service – GermanyEPER – Swiss Protestant Church – SwitzerlandHoryzon (YWCA/YMCA Switzerland)ICCO en KerkinActie – Netherland Member YWCAsNorwegian Church Aid – NorwayThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation – USAPacific Leadership Partnership (AUSAID)The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaUNFPA – GlobalY Global – NorwayWorld Day of Prayer – Germany

Focus of Power to Change Fund Projects

Priority Issues 2011

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Financial Overview

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT DECEMbER 31, 2011

December 31, 2011CHF

March 31, 2011CHF

ASSETS

Non Current Assets

Leasehold improvements, net 214,722 232,132

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 1,421,781 755,057

Available-for-sale financial assets 13,879,000 15,038,010

Accounts receivable 462,503 507,614

Withholding tax receivable 16,950 22,534

Prepayments 16,887 77,435

Total current assets 15,797,121 16,400,650

Total assets 16,011,843 16,632,782

FUND bALANCES AND RESERVES

Unrestricted funds

Endowment Fund 4,288,929 4,532,693

Other Reserves 266,978 584,003

Total unrestricted funds 4,555,907 5,116,696

Restricted funds

Specific Programme Funds 403,102 461,934

Leadership Permanent Funds 9,500,576 9,734,156

International Building Fund 187,104 178,846

J & U Porter Fund - Capital 191,563 192,081

Total restricted funds 10,282,345 10,567,017

Total fund balances and reserves 14,838,252 15,683,713

LIAbILITIES

Non Current Liabilities

Amounts held on behalf of member associations - long term portion

164,680 164,680

Donations received in advance - long term portion 102,934 112,291

Provision for pension benefits - 10,624

Total non current liabilities 267,614 287,595

Current Liabilities

Deferred income 12,868 45,218

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 199,961 173,670

Amounts held on behalf of member associations 680,671 430,109

Donations received in advance – Short term portion 12,477 12,477

Total current liabilities 905,977 661,474

Total Liabilities, funds balances and reserves 16,011,843 16,632,782

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Use Funds Total All Funds

Core Programme

Other Reserves

Endowment Fund

Leadership Permanent

Funds

Specific Programmes

International Building Fund

J & U Porter Funds

Apr-Dec2011 Apr10-Mar2011

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Membership Contributions 492 132,557 133,049 247,076

Ecumenical Support 198,113 724,478 922,591 1,312,761

Donations 32,633 9,095 939,826 981,554 892,789

Donations for New Headquarters 9,358 9,358 12,477

Legacies 65,210 65,210 949

Subtotal 305,806 - - 9,095 1,796,861 - - 2,111,762 2,466,052

Membership Affiliation Fees 441,804 441,804 754,388

Other income 13,620 11,629 256,168 281,417 274,985

Total support and revenue 761,230 11,629 - 9,095 2,053,029 - - 2,834,983 3,495,425

EXPENDITURES

Personnel costs (98,409) 10,624 (1,127,730) (1,215,515) (1,894,113)

Other administration costs (310,252) (15,000) (69,316) (81,150) (518) (476,236) (535,405)

Programme expenditure (980,985) (980,985) (364,283)

Funds Distributed to Member Associations (738,707) (738,707) (592,952)

Total expenditures (408,661) (4,376) - (69,316) (2,928,572) - (518) (3,411,443) (3,386,753)

NET FINANCE COSTS

Interest and dividend income 58,813 126,302 2,137 2,385 189,637 259,441

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale 16,731 35,930 52,661 102,746

Gain on foreign currency exchange 230,688 80,522 30,430 8,258 349,898 11,399

Loss on disposal of available-for-sale (10,709) (22,998) (33,707) (124,620)

Loss on foreign currency exchange (353,909) 415,963 (266,812) (2,492) (207,250) (1,437,630)

Impairment gain/ (loss) on available-for-sale (19,164) (19,164) 184,641

Total net finance costs (58,386) 396,799 - (47,056) 30,075 10,643 - 332,075 (1,004,023)

SURPLUS (DEFICIT) before undernoted items 294,183 404,052 - (107,277) (845,468) 10,643 (518) (244,385) (895,351)

CHANGES IN FUND bALANCES

Fund balances - start of year - 584,003 4,532,693 9,734,156 461,934 178,846 192,081 15,683,713 16,397,887

Adjustment for Available-for-sale Securities Reserves

(601,077) (601,077) 181,177

Inter-Fund transfers (547,305) (120,000) 9,358 (126,303) 786,635 (2,385) - -

Inter-Fund transfer to Core / from Endowment Fund 253,122 (253,122) - -

FUND bALANCES - END OF YEAR - 266,978 4,288,929 9,500,576 403,102 187,104 191,563 14,838,252 15,683,713

Balance Sheet (Swiss Francs)Statement of Support, Revenue and Expenditure and Changes in Fund Balances

for the Year Ended March 31, 2011 and 9 months ended December 31, 2011 (Swiss Francs)

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Ensuring that laws, policies and practices to protect and promote the human rights of women and children are implemented remains a constant focus for the World YWCA. Bringing the voices of local women into the global policy spaces, partnering

with other organisations to increase impact and strengthening the advocacy skills of women and girls worldwide are central to the organisation’s global strategy.

Key outcomes: In the context of World Council, the International Women’s Summit (IWS)

brought together close to 1,000 participants and a number of high profile keynote speakers and activists, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership, safe spaces and effective responses to Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health (SRHR), HIV and Violence against Women (VAW). IWS strengthened partnerships in priority areas and set an agenda for women’s leadership, rights and empowerment over the next decade.

The Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, was an important platform where young women participating in the World YWCA internship programme were able to have a voice on the issues facing women and young women in their countries and regions, including harmful practices against the girl child in Ethiopia and the high prevalence of violence against women in the Pacific. The World YWCA also contributed to the development of a resolution adopted in the June session relating to protection mechanisms for addressing VAW.

The World YWCA was elected to chair the NGO Committee on the Status of Women in Geneva, and the working groups on VAW and Peace. As part of these responsibilities, the World YWCA was active in preparations for the 56th session of CSW in New York, delivered the NGO statement for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and hosted the CEDAW Committee during their November meeting in Geneva.

The World YWCA leads a partnership between the YWCAs of Sudan, Sri Lanka and Palestine, supported by FOKUS and Y-Global, which strengthens women’s capacity to advocate for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. The group shared its work at World Council 2011 and a solidarity visit and partner’s meeting were held in Sri Lanka in December 2011 to build awareness around the situation faced by women in Northern Sri Lanka and the YWCA’s response. Young women from Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe participated in the visit and presented at the Sthree Mela Conference.

The World YWCA is increasingly recognised as a leading expert on SRHR and HIV and was invited, along with the YWCAs of Peru and Colombia to speak at the civil society hearing leading up to the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS of UN Member States.

The World YWCA was invited as a representative of civil society organisations to participate in the High Level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women and Children’s Health, which developed recommendations for monitoring the investment of USD 40 billion on health improvements.

Sexual and Reproductive Healthand Rights and HIV

Economic empowerment andcommunity development

Young Women

Violence against Women and Peace with Justice

9%

27%

30%

34%

IMPACT STATEMENT: Women, young women and girls in our diversity successfully claim our rights as empowered leaders, decision-makers and change agents responding to the issues affecting our lives and communities.

The World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA) is a global women’s rights movement leading social and economic change in over 120 countries worldwide. Operating at the community level, the YWCA works in 22,000 communities and reaches some 25 million women and girls worldwide through its advocacy programmes and services.

Founded and inspired by Christian principles and a commitment to women’s full and equal participation in society, the World YWCA is inclusive of women from diverse faiths, backgrounds and cultures and operates with integrity and responsible accountability within a human rights based framework.

World YWCA Strategic Directions 2012-2015 Vision: A fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and

sustained by women’s leadership.

Purpose: To develop leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and a sustainable environment for all people.

About the World YWCAGoals: Women, young women and girls exercise leadership in our lives

and communities and advocate for our rights

The social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of women, young women and girls are promoted and protected through advocacy programmes and services

The World YWCA movement effectively fulfils its purpose to develop the leadership of women and girls by functioning at the highest level of organisational

accountability

Programme priorities:

Young Women’s Leadership

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV

Violence against Women

2011 was a special year for the World YWCA as it was a World Council year. It is a unique event, which brings together the YWCA

movement, active today in over 120 countries, and builds momentum, unity and a common direction towards advancing our shared vision. This year crucial decisions were made, directions defined, resolutions passed and opinions voiced, and a process for envisioning the future was initiated.

The World Council also included the 4th International Women’s Summit - an opportunity to strengthen relationships, and share experiences with our many long term partners without whose support we would not have the capacity to carry out our work worldwide. High-level speakers alongside young women leaders debated on women’s issues. They shaped a global agenda for the rights, leadership and empowerment of women and girls, a significant contribution to the post-2015 development framework and the 20 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

The World YWCA Council reinforced the YWCA’s important role worldwide, and the growing need to lift our global voices around urgent issues such as sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV and violence against women and girls – concerns which were addressed from the angle of the theme of World Council, “Women Creating a Safe World”.

With a new President and Board elected at World Council, the organisation took a fresh start. Out of 20 Board members, 45% are young women. This reinforced

the World YWCA’s commitment to empower young women through leadership opportunities and ensure their influence on the organisation’s future direction. For over 150 years the YWCA has been leading the way and striving for the empowerment of young women in communities across the world.

Building upon this momentum, the World YWCA rolled out its strategic and dynamic action plan at World Council. Advancing women’s rights - in particular, sexual and reproductive rights, freedom from violence and women’s right to equitable participation in decision making - is central to the work of the YWCA movement and during the reporting period, the organisation integrated a human rights based approach to its work, as an underlying principle of its new Strategic Framework for 2012-2015.

An organisation is made special by the people that contribute and work towards its success. It is our dedicated and talented staff, the multitude of hard working volunteers and Member Associations, World Council host Association the YMCA-YWCA Switzerland, our friends, partners and donors who have made this year a success. Without their expertise, skills, time, commitment and contribution, we would not have achieved all that we have.

It was also a joy to share leadership with the outgoing World YWCA Board led by President Susan Brennan, and to welcome the new leaders of our movement led by Dr Deborah Thomas-Austin.

Thank you for your support in 2011 and for contributing towards women creating a safe world.

Nyaradzayi GumbonzvandaWorld YWCA General Secretary

Message from the General Secretary

A key objective for the World YWCA in 2011 has been to actively develop the leadership of women at all levels enabling them to become important actors in decision making and influencing change worldwide.

Key outcomes: An inspiring Movement Building and Leadership Pre-Council, attended

by some 350 participants, focused on transformative and intergenerational leadership, human rights and advocacy and good governance and accountability. Trainings were led by partner organisations and YWCAs and provided an interactive learning and discussion space.

Nearly 1,000 participants at the World Council Business Meeting and the International Women’s Summit benefitted from over 50 interactive Breakout Sessions and Skills Building Workshops organised by YWCAs and partners. These events provided a platform for sharing of best practices, developing advocacy strategies and increasing participants’ knowledge on the priority issues.

The first ever Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Strategy was launched at World Council and later during the Pacific Leaders Forum in September 2011, together with partner organisations and YWCAs in the region. It was also presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Strategy is the first of its kind and covers a region where more than half the population is under 25. Hundreds of young women from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand contributed to the development of the strategy, and a coalition of partners has been established to guide its implementation.

Thanks to our partners, including EED - Church Development Service and World Service Council, two young women were selected for a one-year internship at the World YWCA Office in Geneva and four short term interns participated in the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, USA, and at the World YWCA Council. The 20th anniversary of the internship programme was celebrated at World Council with an internship alumni gathering. A survey carried out among past participants highlighted that their internship experience had a fundamental impact on their lives, and the majority of former interns now hold significant leadership roles within their YWCAs or other organisations. This was confirmed when World YWCA 2011 intern, Jenta Tau, returned home in December 2011 and was appointed the new General Secretary of the YWCA of the Solomon Islands.

The Mary Robinson Award for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights was launched at World YWCA Council by Mary Robinson and Ambassador Sigrun Mogedal. The Award recognises the extraordinary leadership of young women worldwide on human rights and their innovation in changing lives and communities. Applications were received from 70 countries and the award recipients were Nancy Kapembwa (YWCA Zambia) and Jacinta Nyachae (AIDS Law Project, Kenya), as well as the YWCAs of Canada and Belize who received a joint award for creating enabling environments for young women’s leadership to flourish.

The World YWCA, in collaboration with European YWCAs, coordinated the European Young Women’s Study Session on Creating a World Without Violence, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, in July 2011. Participants shared knowledge and developed skills in various areas including human rights, project management and advocacy, and strengthened partnerships across Europe.

Paving the Way to Leadership

Impact through Advocacy

ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2011 - DECEMbER 2011

Synergy through Partnership

Working collaboratively with partner organisations and networks – whether corporate, international, non-governmental or ecumenical - is key to the success of the World YWCA’s advocacy and programme work.

Key outcomes: The World YWCA entered its third year of partnership with the David and

Lucile Packard Foundation. Extensive work on SRHR was carried out in eight YWCAs in Africa (Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia). Trainings were held at the grassroots level and at World Council to strengthen young women’s leadership on SRHR and HIV; technical support was provided for project design, monitoring and evaluation; young women were supported to engage in global and regional advocacy spaces; and monitoring visits were carried out to Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, where the positive impact of these projects was clearly witnessed. Several hundred young women and girls received training, and thus far the work in these eight countries has had an outreach of close to 30,000 people and a distribution of over 11,000 education and communication materials on SRHR and HIV.

The World YWCA continued to be an active member of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, which is guiding the implementation of the Operation Plan on HIV, Women, Girls and Gender Equality. The International Women’s Summit, where over 12 coalition partners participated, was also a key component of the Coalition’s work plan. At IWS a high level panel on SRHR and HIV was held, as well as a number of breakout sessions directly related to monitoring the outcomes of the High Level Meeting on HIV and the UNAIDS Operational Plan.

A new partnership was developed with the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) to consult with women in Africa around the implementation gaps in reaching the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action which will be under review in 2014.

A new partnership with AusAID began in 2011. The Mobilising Young Women Leaders and Advocacy Project focuses on 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific, including India, the Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. This cooperation develops young women's leadership on SRHR, gender based violence and HIV and AIDS and supports programmes in these countries.

At World Council 2011, the World YWCA and the Legacy Foundation launched a joint mentoring studio project and conducted 100 interviews of YWCA leaders of all ages to capture their stories and their impact on grassroots communities. This is designed to create an online platform for mentoring young women around the world.

Thanks to partners who continued to support and donate to the World YWCA’s Power to Change Fund, YWCA Member Associations were involved in, or directly carried out, a wide array of projects and trainings on topics including women’s leadership, SRHR and HIV awareness, capacity building, action against VAW, and human rights for women and girls. The support of donors enabled over 45,000 participants worldwide to benefit from these activities, with an overall outreach to over 160,000 people.

The “C” in our name remains a constant reminder of the values upon which the organisation was founded

and it guides the World YWCA movement in its leadership in ecumenical forums, both locally and globally.

Key outcomes: World Council was an opportunity for the World YWCA to strengthen

the development of a network of theologians to support work on

faith and women’s rights. Four women theologians held a session on

theology, SRHR and HIV, thanks to the support of the Dutch Inter-Church

Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO).

Each morning, worship was held at World YWCA Council and participants

were invited to reflect on whether a safer world is possible and how the YWCA

movement can contribute to build it. The dynamic reflections prepared by a team

of women from the YWCA-YMCA Switzerland included drama, mime and symbolic

actions, music from different parts of the world and multiple traditions, and examined

non-traditional images of God also found in the Scriptures.

The World YWCA participated in the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Senior Religious Leaders’ Working Group on HIV, which looks at the role of faith leaders in response to

HIV and AIDS.

The annual World YWCA-YMCA Week of Prayer took place in November and called for joint

prayer and reflection around the theme “A Voice to Influence: Young People Speaking Out for

Rights and Justice”. A special booklet was produced in English, French and Spanish and distributed

to the YWCA and YMCA movements.

Honouring our Faith

The Movement in Action

The focal point of this reporting period was the World YWCA Council, including the International Women’s Summit (IWS). Held from July 10-16, 2011, in Zurich, Switzerland, the event brought together almost 1,000 women and men from 97

countries, around the theme “Women Creating a Safe World”.

The World YWCA Council is a quadrennial legislative meeting of the World YWCA which brings together Member Associations from around the world. Its primary responsibility is to determine the policy, constitution, strategic direction and budget of the World YWCA for the coming four years. There were many highlights at this year’s meeting, including approving a new Strategic Framework with a strong human rights focus, electing a new President and Board, affiliating new Member Associations from Haiti and the US Virgin Islands and adopting resolutions on climate justice and the human rights situation in North Korea. In addition, a number of workshops and skills building sessions exchanged knowledge and experience across the movement and with partners.

The IWS was designed to mobilise women’s leadership to create a safe world for women to claim their rights. High-level leaders, including three former and first female presidents, Michelle Bachelet, Mary Robinson and Ruth Dreifuss, shared their vision with a captive audience, alongside young women working in communities to achieve change. Key themes of the plenary sessions were: Women Creating a Safe World; Securing Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Women; Putting an End to Violence against Women; Securing Justice; and

Claiming Safe Spaces for Women and Girls. Plenary and breakout sessions set a clear agenda for women’s leadership in creating a safe world and identifying key recommendations for governments, UN agencies, ecumenical partners and women’s organisations, including the YWCA.

The Summit affirmed the importance of women’s leadership, empowerment and rights in creating a world where peace, justice, freedom, dignity, health and care for the environment are upheld. IWS also resulted in a global call to action which is designed to feed into the post-2015 development framework and 20 years review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

This year’s Council clearly highlighted the World YWCA’s commitment to young women’s leadership and the significant place young women have in the movement. 45% of the new YWCA Board voted in at World Council are young women, and some 200 young women from all over the world participated in the Young Women’s Leadership Dialogue and contributed to the IWS, where young women’s voices were central in defining issues.

27th World YWCA Council andInternational Women’s Summit

Key outcomes: A new Strategic Framework for the

2012 – 2015 quadrennium was approved

at World Council. This framework prioritises

Young Women’s Leadership, SRHR and HIV

and Violence against Women, and will guide the

movement in its actions and priorities over the next

four years.

A movement-wide survey of the past four years resulted

in the World YWCA Four Year Report which compiled

data on global outreach and gave clear insight into the

organisation’s membership, activities and impact. It also

clearly highlighted the on-going development and growth of the

World YWCA over the period surveyed.

The World YWCA has begun implementing a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) in all of its work. A training session was held at

World Council and training tools and a manual to support monitoring

and evaluation were developed to inform and guide Member Associations

on this new approach and integrate this with results based management.

At World Council a four year Visioning Process was initiated to identify

the movement’s desired impact leading up to 2035 and building upon the

existing aim of developing the leadership and collective power of women

and girls worldwide. Members mapped the important issues in their

countries where YWCAs should be making an improvement.

Two new Member Associations – YWCA Haiti and the YWCA of the US Virgin

Islands – were affiliated at World Council, bringing the total number of

affiliated countries to 108. A further 12 associations are working towards

affiliation.

A report on the World YWCA Standards of Good Management (SGMA)

Self-Assessment by Member Associations over the quadrennium was

developed. It will serve as a guide to strengthening good governance and

accountability among YWCAs. The SGMA was also translated into French

and Spanish.

Though the World YWCA is over 150 years old, it is a movement that has evolved with its times, regularly renewing its priority areas and adapting to global changes by embracing the latest methodologies, technology and infrastructure so as to respond to the different needs of women, young women and girls.

World YWCA DirectoryWorld YWCA Board Members (elected in July 2011)

Officers:Deborah Thomas-Austin, President, Trinidad and Tobago Susan Brennan, Vice President, AustraliaTricia Gideon, Vice President, BelizeIda Ituze, Vice President, RwandaKirsty Kelly, Vice President, Great BritainJessica Notwell, Vice President, CanadaAndrea Nuñez Argote, Vice President, MexicoCarolyn Flowers, Treasurer, USA

World Board Members:Silvanna Ayaipoma de Mattos, PeruHaifa Baramki, PalestineBelinda Bennet, IndiaValerie Ho, TaiwanAnna-Kaisa Ikonen, FinlandAlice Iwebu-Kale, Solomon IslandsHoda Kamal El Mankabady, EgyptLuna Lee, USARebecca Phwitiko, MalawiMonika Simeon, NamibiaYoung Hee Won, KoreaGeeske Zanen, The Netherlands

World Office StaffGeneral SecretariatNyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, ZimbabweMichelle Higelin, Deputy General Secretary, Focal Point Europe, Australia Ana Villanueva, Executive Coordinator, ArgentinaFiona Wilkie, World Council Coordinator, Great Britain Marisa Ribordy, World Council Assistant, Switzerland (Until August 2011)

ProgrammeJuli Dugdale, Global Programme Manager Women's Leadership &

Movement Building; Focal Point Asia-Pacific, Australia Marie-Claude Julsaint, Global Programme Manager Violence Against

Women; Focal Point North America and Caribbean, HaitiHendrica Okondo, Global Programme Manager SRHR & HIV and AIDS;

Focal Point Africa, KenyaCaterina Lemp, Programme Officer Membership Support; Focal Point Latin

America, Chile Mandy Nogarede, Programme Officer Grant Management; Focal Point

Middle East, Great BritainPaola Salwan Daher, Programme Officer for Young Women, Focal Point for

Europe, Lebanon (until August 2011)

CommunicationsSylvie Jacquat, Communications Co-Director, Switzerland Vivian Hakkak, Communications Co-Director, SwitzerlandMaja Gosovic Rekovic, Communications Officer, Serbia

Finance and AdministrationJane Bennett, Director for Finance and Administration, IrelandAika-Ruwa Temu, Finance Officer, TanzaniaMarie-Antoinette Santschi, Personnel Assistant, SwitzerlandMarisa Ribordy, Personnel Assistant, Switzerland (as of Dec. 2011)

InternsJenta Tau, Solomon Islands (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Alemtsehay Zergaw, Ethiopia (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Nina Österholm, Finland (CSW 2011)Alifa Elrington, Belize (CSW 2011)Marcia Banasko, UK (as of Dec 2011)Juliana Chat Agurto (World Council)Liga Efeja, Latvia (World Council)Gwendoline Ashcroft (World Council)

Investment Advisory GroupCarol BaldiMurielle Joye (Chairperson)Sylvie PralongPhilip TreyvaudDominique de St Pierre

Volunteers and Consultants

The World YWCA expresses its heart-felt thanks to the many volunteers and consultants who contributed their time, energy and skills to the movement in 2011 supporting World Office operations, World Council preparations, capacity building and advocacy work: Dara Melati AbdoerrachmanAmy BaldersonJoanna BennettCéline BoissonDoreen BoydElaine CarlsonYoon-Young ChoeSarah DaviesSophie DilmitisCheryl EastonBonnie FatioVivianne FatzettiNathalie Fisher SpaltonArisbe Gomez de RaudaCatherine Graf Kaiza GrahamAberash GuramelSusan T. HowarthLucy IloenyosiFlorine JobinMuna Kaldawi-KillingbackMichael LawsonLaurence Levrat-Pictet

Sika LishomwaJuliarty MassonLiz NashVictoria NegreMarc NogaredeElisabeth NortonRuth OkothOlivia Orehag MatsdotterMildred PersingerFelicity RussellRoxy RussellDoris SalahMarianne Schörling-Ajayi Rebecca Anandi Smith Sophia SollaranoHendrik StroosmaConstance TateLaura VanzoMaritza VitelaRebecca ZornYWCA-YMCA Switzerland’s many ‘Helping Hands’ at 2011 Zurich World YWCA Council

DonorsThe World YWCA gratefully acknowledges and recognises the following partners for their contributions and support over the past year:

African Women’s Development Fund – GhanaARROW – MalaysiaAusAID – AustraliaEED – Church Development Service – GermanyEPER – Swiss Protestant Church – SwitzerlandHoryzon (YWCA/YMCA Switzerland)ICCO en KerkinActie – Netherland Member YWCAsNorwegian Church Aid – NorwayThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation – USAPacific Leadership Partnership (AUSAID)The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaUNFPA – GlobalY Global – NorwayWorld Day of Prayer – Germany

Focus of Power to Change Fund Projects

Priority Issues 2011

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Financial Overview

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT DECEMbER 31, 2011

December 31, 2011CHF

March 31, 2011CHF

ASSETS

Non Current Assets

Leasehold improvements, net 214,722 232,132

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 1,421,781 755,057

Available-for-sale financial assets 13,879,000 15,038,010

Accounts receivable 462,503 507,614

Withholding tax receivable 16,950 22,534

Prepayments 16,887 77,435

Total current assets 15,797,121 16,400,650

Total assets 16,011,843 16,632,782

FUND bALANCES AND RESERVES

Unrestricted funds

Endowment Fund 4,288,929 4,532,693

Other Reserves 266,978 584,003

Total unrestricted funds 4,555,907 5,116,696

Restricted funds

Specific Programme Funds 403,102 461,934

Leadership Permanent Funds 9,500,576 9,734,156

International Building Fund 187,104 178,846

J & U Porter Fund - Capital 191,563 192,081

Total restricted funds 10,282,345 10,567,017

Total fund balances and reserves 14,838,252 15,683,713

LIAbILITIES

Non Current Liabilities

Amounts held on behalf of member associations - long term portion

164,680 164,680

Donations received in advance - long term portion 102,934 112,291

Provision for pension benefits - 10,624

Total non current liabilities 267,614 287,595

Current Liabilities

Deferred income 12,868 45,218

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 199,961 173,670

Amounts held on behalf of member associations 680,671 430,109

Donations received in advance – Short term portion 12,477 12,477

Total current liabilities 905,977 661,474

Total Liabilities, funds balances and reserves 16,011,843 16,632,782

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Use Funds Total All Funds

Core Programme

Other Reserves

Endowment Fund

Leadership Permanent

Funds

Specific Programmes

International Building Fund

J & U Porter Funds

Apr-Dec2011 Apr10-Mar2011

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Membership Contributions 492 132,557 133,049 247,076

Ecumenical Support 198,113 724,478 922,591 1,312,761

Donations 32,633 9,095 939,826 981,554 892,789

Donations for New Headquarters 9,358 9,358 12,477

Legacies 65,210 65,210 949

Subtotal 305,806 - - 9,095 1,796,861 - - 2,111,762 2,466,052

Membership Affiliation Fees 441,804 441,804 754,388

Other income 13,620 11,629 256,168 281,417 274,985

Total support and revenue 761,230 11,629 - 9,095 2,053,029 - - 2,834,983 3,495,425

EXPENDITURES

Personnel costs (98,409) 10,624 (1,127,730) (1,215,515) (1,894,113)

Other administration costs (310,252) (15,000) (69,316) (81,150) (518) (476,236) (535,405)

Programme expenditure (980,985) (980,985) (364,283)

Funds Distributed to Member Associations (738,707) (738,707) (592,952)

Total expenditures (408,661) (4,376) - (69,316) (2,928,572) - (518) (3,411,443) (3,386,753)

NET FINANCE COSTS

Interest and dividend income 58,813 126,302 2,137 2,385 189,637 259,441

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale 16,731 35,930 52,661 102,746

Gain on foreign currency exchange 230,688 80,522 30,430 8,258 349,898 11,399

Loss on disposal of available-for-sale (10,709) (22,998) (33,707) (124,620)

Loss on foreign currency exchange (353,909) 415,963 (266,812) (2,492) (207,250) (1,437,630)

Impairment gain/ (loss) on available-for-sale (19,164) (19,164) 184,641

Total net finance costs (58,386) 396,799 - (47,056) 30,075 10,643 - 332,075 (1,004,023)

SURPLUS (DEFICIT) before undernoted items 294,183 404,052 - (107,277) (845,468) 10,643 (518) (244,385) (895,351)

CHANGES IN FUND bALANCES

Fund balances - start of year - 584,003 4,532,693 9,734,156 461,934 178,846 192,081 15,683,713 16,397,887

Adjustment for Available-for-sale Securities Reserves

(601,077) (601,077) 181,177

Inter-Fund transfers (547,305) (120,000) 9,358 (126,303) 786,635 (2,385) - -

Inter-Fund transfer to Core / from Endowment Fund 253,122 (253,122) - -

FUND bALANCES - END OF YEAR - 266,978 4,288,929 9,500,576 403,102 187,104 191,563 14,838,252 15,683,713

Balance Sheet (Swiss Francs)Statement of Support, Revenue and Expenditure and Changes in Fund Balances

for the Year Ended March 31, 2011 and 9 months ended December 31, 2011 (Swiss Francs)

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Ensuring that laws, policies and practices to protect and promote the human rights of women and children are implemented remains a constant focus for the World YWCA. Bringing the voices of local women into the global policy spaces, partnering

with other organisations to increase impact and strengthening the advocacy skills of women and girls worldwide are central to the organisation’s global strategy.

Key outcomes: In the context of World Council, the International Women’s Summit (IWS)

brought together close to 1,000 participants and a number of high profile keynote speakers and activists, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership, safe spaces and effective responses to Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health (SRHR), HIV and Violence against Women (VAW). IWS strengthened partnerships in priority areas and set an agenda for women’s leadership, rights and empowerment over the next decade.

The Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, was an important platform where young women participating in the World YWCA internship programme were able to have a voice on the issues facing women and young women in their countries and regions, including harmful practices against the girl child in Ethiopia and the high prevalence of violence against women in the Pacific. The World YWCA also contributed to the development of a resolution adopted in the June session relating to protection mechanisms for addressing VAW.

The World YWCA was elected to chair the NGO Committee on the Status of Women in Geneva, and the working groups on VAW and Peace. As part of these responsibilities, the World YWCA was active in preparations for the 56th session of CSW in New York, delivered the NGO statement for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and hosted the CEDAW Committee during their November meeting in Geneva.

The World YWCA leads a partnership between the YWCAs of Sudan, Sri Lanka and Palestine, supported by FOKUS and Y-Global, which strengthens women’s capacity to advocate for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. The group shared its work at World Council 2011 and a solidarity visit and partner’s meeting were held in Sri Lanka in December 2011 to build awareness around the situation faced by women in Northern Sri Lanka and the YWCA’s response. Young women from Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe participated in the visit and presented at the Sthree Mela Conference.

The World YWCA is increasingly recognised as a leading expert on SRHR and HIV and was invited, along with the YWCAs of Peru and Colombia to speak at the civil society hearing leading up to the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS of UN Member States.

The World YWCA was invited as a representative of civil society organisations to participate in the High Level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women and Children’s Health, which developed recommendations for monitoring the investment of USD 40 billion on health improvements.

Sexual and Reproductive Healthand Rights and HIV

Economic empowerment andcommunity development

Young Women

Violence against Women and Peace with Justice

9%

27%

30%

34%

IMPACT STATEMENT: Women, young women and girls in our diversity successfully claim our rights as empowered leaders, decision-makers and change agents responding to the issues affecting our lives and communities.

The World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA) is a global women’s rights movement leading social and economic change in over 120 countries worldwide. Operating at the community level, the YWCA works in 22,000 communities and reaches some 25 million women and girls worldwide through its advocacy programmes and services.

Founded and inspired by Christian principles and a commitment to women’s full and equal participation in society, the World YWCA is inclusive of women from diverse faiths, backgrounds and cultures and operates with integrity and responsible accountability within a human rights based framework.

World YWCA Strategic Directions 2012-2015 Vision: A fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and

sustained by women’s leadership.

Purpose: To develop leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and a sustainable environment for all people.

About the World YWCAGoals: Women, young women and girls exercise leadership in our lives

and communities and advocate for our rights

The social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of women, young women and girls are promoted and protected through advocacy programmes and services

The World YWCA movement effectively fulfils its purpose to develop the leadership of women and girls by functioning at the highest level of organisational

accountability

Programme priorities:

Young Women’s Leadership

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV

Violence against Women

2011 was a special year for the World YWCA as it was a World Council year. It is a unique event, which brings together the YWCA

movement, active today in over 120 countries, and builds momentum, unity and a common direction towards advancing our shared vision. This year crucial decisions were made, directions defined, resolutions passed and opinions voiced, and a process for envisioning the future was initiated.

The World Council also included the 4th International Women’s Summit - an opportunity to strengthen relationships, and share experiences with our many long term partners without whose support we would not have the capacity to carry out our work worldwide. High-level speakers alongside young women leaders debated on women’s issues. They shaped a global agenda for the rights, leadership and empowerment of women and girls, a significant contribution to the post-2015 development framework and the 20 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

The World YWCA Council reinforced the YWCA’s important role worldwide, and the growing need to lift our global voices around urgent issues such as sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV and violence against women and girls – concerns which were addressed from the angle of the theme of World Council, “Women Creating a Safe World”.

With a new President and Board elected at World Council, the organisation took a fresh start. Out of 20 Board members, 45% are young women. This reinforced

the World YWCA’s commitment to empower young women through leadership opportunities and ensure their influence on the organisation’s future direction. For over 150 years the YWCA has been leading the way and striving for the empowerment of young women in communities across the world.

Building upon this momentum, the World YWCA rolled out its strategic and dynamic action plan at World Council. Advancing women’s rights - in particular, sexual and reproductive rights, freedom from violence and women’s right to equitable participation in decision making - is central to the work of the YWCA movement and during the reporting period, the organisation integrated a human rights based approach to its work, as an underlying principle of its new Strategic Framework for 2012-2015.

An organisation is made special by the people that contribute and work towards its success. It is our dedicated and talented staff, the multitude of hard working volunteers and Member Associations, World Council host Association the YMCA-YWCA Switzerland, our friends, partners and donors who have made this year a success. Without their expertise, skills, time, commitment and contribution, we would not have achieved all that we have.

It was also a joy to share leadership with the outgoing World YWCA Board led by President Susan Brennan, and to welcome the new leaders of our movement led by Dr Deborah Thomas-Austin.

Thank you for your support in 2011 and for contributing towards women creating a safe world.

Nyaradzayi GumbonzvandaWorld YWCA General Secretary

Message from the General Secretary

A key objective for the World YWCA in 2011 has been to actively develop the leadership of women at all levels enabling them to become important actors in decision making and influencing change worldwide.

Key outcomes: An inspiring Movement Building and Leadership Pre-Council, attended

by some 350 participants, focused on transformative and intergenerational leadership, human rights and advocacy and good governance and accountability. Trainings were led by partner organisations and YWCAs and provided an interactive learning and discussion space.

Nearly 1,000 participants at the World Council Business Meeting and the International Women’s Summit benefitted from over 50 interactive Breakout Sessions and Skills Building Workshops organised by YWCAs and partners. These events provided a platform for sharing of best practices, developing advocacy strategies and increasing participants’ knowledge on the priority issues.

The first ever Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Strategy was launched at World Council and later during the Pacific Leaders Forum in September 2011, together with partner organisations and YWCAs in the region. It was also presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Strategy is the first of its kind and covers a region where more than half the population is under 25. Hundreds of young women from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand contributed to the development of the strategy, and a coalition of partners has been established to guide its implementation.

Thanks to our partners, including EED - Church Development Service and World Service Council, two young women were selected for a one-year internship at the World YWCA Office in Geneva and four short term interns participated in the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, USA, and at the World YWCA Council. The 20th anniversary of the internship programme was celebrated at World Council with an internship alumni gathering. A survey carried out among past participants highlighted that their internship experience had a fundamental impact on their lives, and the majority of former interns now hold significant leadership roles within their YWCAs or other organisations. This was confirmed when World YWCA 2011 intern, Jenta Tau, returned home in December 2011 and was appointed the new General Secretary of the YWCA of the Solomon Islands.

The Mary Robinson Award for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights was launched at World YWCA Council by Mary Robinson and Ambassador Sigrun Mogedal. The Award recognises the extraordinary leadership of young women worldwide on human rights and their innovation in changing lives and communities. Applications were received from 70 countries and the award recipients were Nancy Kapembwa (YWCA Zambia) and Jacinta Nyachae (AIDS Law Project, Kenya), as well as the YWCAs of Canada and Belize who received a joint award for creating enabling environments for young women’s leadership to flourish.

The World YWCA, in collaboration with European YWCAs, coordinated the European Young Women’s Study Session on Creating a World Without Violence, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, in July 2011. Participants shared knowledge and developed skills in various areas including human rights, project management and advocacy, and strengthened partnerships across Europe.

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ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2011 - DECEMbER 2011

Synergy through Partnership

Working collaboratively with partner organisations and networks – whether corporate, international, non-governmental or ecumenical - is key to the success of the World YWCA’s advocacy and programme work.

Key outcomes: The World YWCA entered its third year of partnership with the David and

Lucile Packard Foundation. Extensive work on SRHR was carried out in eight YWCAs in Africa (Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia). Trainings were held at the grassroots level and at World Council to strengthen young women’s leadership on SRHR and HIV; technical support was provided for project design, monitoring and evaluation; young women were supported to engage in global and regional advocacy spaces; and monitoring visits were carried out to Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, where the positive impact of these projects was clearly witnessed. Several hundred young women and girls received training, and thus far the work in these eight countries has had an outreach of close to 30,000 people and a distribution of over 11,000 education and communication materials on SRHR and HIV.

The World YWCA continued to be an active member of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, which is guiding the implementation of the Operation Plan on HIV, Women, Girls and Gender Equality. The International Women’s Summit, where over 12 coalition partners participated, was also a key component of the Coalition’s work plan. At IWS a high level panel on SRHR and HIV was held, as well as a number of breakout sessions directly related to monitoring the outcomes of the High Level Meeting on HIV and the UNAIDS Operational Plan.

A new partnership was developed with the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) to consult with women in Africa around the implementation gaps in reaching the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action which will be under review in 2014.

A new partnership with AusAID began in 2011. The Mobilising Young Women Leaders and Advocacy Project focuses on 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific, including India, the Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. This cooperation develops young women's leadership on SRHR, gender based violence and HIV and AIDS and supports programmes in these countries.

At World Council 2011, the World YWCA and the Legacy Foundation launched a joint mentoring studio project and conducted 100 interviews of YWCA leaders of all ages to capture their stories and their impact on grassroots communities. This is designed to create an online platform for mentoring young women around the world.

Thanks to partners who continued to support and donate to the World YWCA’s Power to Change Fund, YWCA Member Associations were involved in, or directly carried out, a wide array of projects and trainings on topics including women’s leadership, SRHR and HIV awareness, capacity building, action against VAW, and human rights for women and girls. The support of donors enabled over 45,000 participants worldwide to benefit from these activities, with an overall outreach to over 160,000 people.

The “C” in our name remains a constant reminder of the values upon which the organisation was founded

and it guides the World YWCA movement in its leadership in ecumenical forums, both locally and globally.

Key outcomes: World Council was an opportunity for the World YWCA to strengthen

the development of a network of theologians to support work on

faith and women’s rights. Four women theologians held a session on

theology, SRHR and HIV, thanks to the support of the Dutch Inter-Church

Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO).

Each morning, worship was held at World YWCA Council and participants

were invited to reflect on whether a safer world is possible and how the YWCA

movement can contribute to build it. The dynamic reflections prepared by a team

of women from the YWCA-YMCA Switzerland included drama, mime and symbolic

actions, music from different parts of the world and multiple traditions, and examined

non-traditional images of God also found in the Scriptures.

The World YWCA participated in the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Senior Religious Leaders’ Working Group on HIV, which looks at the role of faith leaders in response to

HIV and AIDS.

The annual World YWCA-YMCA Week of Prayer took place in November and called for joint

prayer and reflection around the theme “A Voice to Influence: Young People Speaking Out for

Rights and Justice”. A special booklet was produced in English, French and Spanish and distributed

to the YWCA and YMCA movements.

Honouring our Faith

The Movement in Action

The focal point of this reporting period was the World YWCA Council, including the International Women’s Summit (IWS). Held from July 10-16, 2011, in Zurich, Switzerland, the event brought together almost 1,000 women and men from 97

countries, around the theme “Women Creating a Safe World”.

The World YWCA Council is a quadrennial legislative meeting of the World YWCA which brings together Member Associations from around the world. Its primary responsibility is to determine the policy, constitution, strategic direction and budget of the World YWCA for the coming four years. There were many highlights at this year’s meeting, including approving a new Strategic Framework with a strong human rights focus, electing a new President and Board, affiliating new Member Associations from Haiti and the US Virgin Islands and adopting resolutions on climate justice and the human rights situation in North Korea. In addition, a number of workshops and skills building sessions exchanged knowledge and experience across the movement and with partners.

The IWS was designed to mobilise women’s leadership to create a safe world for women to claim their rights. High-level leaders, including three former and first female presidents, Michelle Bachelet, Mary Robinson and Ruth Dreifuss, shared their vision with a captive audience, alongside young women working in communities to achieve change. Key themes of the plenary sessions were: Women Creating a Safe World; Securing Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Women; Putting an End to Violence against Women; Securing Justice; and

Claiming Safe Spaces for Women and Girls. Plenary and breakout sessions set a clear agenda for women’s leadership in creating a safe world and identifying key recommendations for governments, UN agencies, ecumenical partners and women’s organisations, including the YWCA.

The Summit affirmed the importance of women’s leadership, empowerment and rights in creating a world where peace, justice, freedom, dignity, health and care for the environment are upheld. IWS also resulted in a global call to action which is designed to feed into the post-2015 development framework and 20 years review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

This year’s Council clearly highlighted the World YWCA’s commitment to young women’s leadership and the significant place young women have in the movement. 45% of the new YWCA Board voted in at World Council are young women, and some 200 young women from all over the world participated in the Young Women’s Leadership Dialogue and contributed to the IWS, where young women’s voices were central in defining issues.

27th World YWCA Council andInternational Women’s Summit

Key outcomes: A new Strategic Framework for the

2012 – 2015 quadrennium was approved

at World Council. This framework prioritises

Young Women’s Leadership, SRHR and HIV

and Violence against Women, and will guide the

movement in its actions and priorities over the next

four years.

A movement-wide survey of the past four years resulted

in the World YWCA Four Year Report which compiled

data on global outreach and gave clear insight into the

organisation’s membership, activities and impact. It also

clearly highlighted the on-going development and growth of the

World YWCA over the period surveyed.

The World YWCA has begun implementing a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) in all of its work. A training session was held at

World Council and training tools and a manual to support monitoring

and evaluation were developed to inform and guide Member Associations

on this new approach and integrate this with results based management.

At World Council a four year Visioning Process was initiated to identify

the movement’s desired impact leading up to 2035 and building upon the

existing aim of developing the leadership and collective power of women

and girls worldwide. Members mapped the important issues in their

countries where YWCAs should be making an improvement.

Two new Member Associations – YWCA Haiti and the YWCA of the US Virgin

Islands – were affiliated at World Council, bringing the total number of

affiliated countries to 108. A further 12 associations are working towards

affiliation.

A report on the World YWCA Standards of Good Management (SGMA)

Self-Assessment by Member Associations over the quadrennium was

developed. It will serve as a guide to strengthening good governance and

accountability among YWCAs. The SGMA was also translated into French

and Spanish.

Though the World YWCA is over 150 years old, it is a movement that has evolved with its times, regularly renewing its priority areas and adapting to global changes by embracing the latest methodologies, technology and infrastructure so as to respond to the different needs of women, young women and girls.

World YWCA DirectoryWorld YWCA Board Members (elected in July 2011)

Officers:Deborah Thomas-Austin, President, Trinidad and Tobago Susan Brennan, Vice President, AustraliaTricia Gideon, Vice President, BelizeIda Ituze, Vice President, RwandaKirsty Kelly, Vice President, Great BritainJessica Notwell, Vice President, CanadaAndrea Nuñez Argote, Vice President, MexicoCarolyn Flowers, Treasurer, USA

World Board Members:Silvanna Ayaipoma de Mattos, PeruHaifa Baramki, PalestineBelinda Bennet, IndiaValerie Ho, TaiwanAnna-Kaisa Ikonen, FinlandAlice Iwebu-Kale, Solomon IslandsHoda Kamal El Mankabady, EgyptLuna Lee, USARebecca Phwitiko, MalawiMonika Simeon, NamibiaYoung Hee Won, KoreaGeeske Zanen, The Netherlands

World Office StaffGeneral SecretariatNyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, ZimbabweMichelle Higelin, Deputy General Secretary, Focal Point Europe, Australia Ana Villanueva, Executive Coordinator, ArgentinaFiona Wilkie, World Council Coordinator, Great Britain Marisa Ribordy, World Council Assistant, Switzerland (Until August 2011)

ProgrammeJuli Dugdale, Global Programme Manager Women's Leadership &

Movement Building; Focal Point Asia-Pacific, Australia Marie-Claude Julsaint, Global Programme Manager Violence Against

Women; Focal Point North America and Caribbean, HaitiHendrica Okondo, Global Programme Manager SRHR & HIV and AIDS;

Focal Point Africa, KenyaCaterina Lemp, Programme Officer Membership Support; Focal Point Latin

America, Chile Mandy Nogarede, Programme Officer Grant Management; Focal Point

Middle East, Great BritainPaola Salwan Daher, Programme Officer for Young Women, Focal Point for

Europe, Lebanon (until August 2011)

CommunicationsSylvie Jacquat, Communications Co-Director, Switzerland Vivian Hakkak, Communications Co-Director, SwitzerlandMaja Gosovic Rekovic, Communications Officer, Serbia

Finance and AdministrationJane Bennett, Director for Finance and Administration, IrelandAika-Ruwa Temu, Finance Officer, TanzaniaMarie-Antoinette Santschi, Personnel Assistant, SwitzerlandMarisa Ribordy, Personnel Assistant, Switzerland (as of Dec. 2011)

InternsJenta Tau, Solomon Islands (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Alemtsehay Zergaw, Ethiopia (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Nina Österholm, Finland (CSW 2011)Alifa Elrington, Belize (CSW 2011)Marcia Banasko, UK (as of Dec 2011)Juliana Chat Agurto (World Council)Liga Efeja, Latvia (World Council)Gwendoline Ashcroft (World Council)

Investment Advisory GroupCarol BaldiMurielle Joye (Chairperson)Sylvie PralongPhilip TreyvaudDominique de St Pierre

Volunteers and Consultants

The World YWCA expresses its heart-felt thanks to the many volunteers and consultants who contributed their time, energy and skills to the movement in 2011 supporting World Office operations, World Council preparations, capacity building and advocacy work: Dara Melati AbdoerrachmanAmy BaldersonJoanna BennettCéline BoissonDoreen BoydElaine CarlsonYoon-Young ChoeSarah DaviesSophie DilmitisCheryl EastonBonnie FatioVivianne FatzettiNathalie Fisher SpaltonArisbe Gomez de RaudaCatherine Graf Kaiza GrahamAberash GuramelSusan T. HowarthLucy IloenyosiFlorine JobinMuna Kaldawi-KillingbackMichael LawsonLaurence Levrat-Pictet

Sika LishomwaJuliarty MassonLiz NashVictoria NegreMarc NogaredeElisabeth NortonRuth OkothOlivia Orehag MatsdotterMildred PersingerFelicity RussellRoxy RussellDoris SalahMarianne Schörling-Ajayi Rebecca Anandi Smith Sophia SollaranoHendrik StroosmaConstance TateLaura VanzoMaritza VitelaRebecca ZornYWCA-YMCA Switzerland’s many ‘Helping Hands’ at 2011 Zurich World YWCA Council

DonorsThe World YWCA gratefully acknowledges and recognises the following partners for their contributions and support over the past year:

African Women’s Development Fund – GhanaARROW – MalaysiaAusAID – AustraliaEED – Church Development Service – GermanyEPER – Swiss Protestant Church – SwitzerlandHoryzon (YWCA/YMCA Switzerland)ICCO en KerkinActie – Netherland Member YWCAsNorwegian Church Aid – NorwayThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation – USAPacific Leadership Partnership (AUSAID)The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaUNFPA – GlobalY Global – NorwayWorld Day of Prayer – Germany

Focus of Power to Change Fund Projects

Priority Issues 2011

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Financial Overview

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT DECEMbER 31, 2011

December 31, 2011CHF

March 31, 2011CHF

ASSETS

Non Current Assets

Leasehold improvements, net 214,722 232,132

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 1,421,781 755,057

Available-for-sale financial assets 13,879,000 15,038,010

Accounts receivable 462,503 507,614

Withholding tax receivable 16,950 22,534

Prepayments 16,887 77,435

Total current assets 15,797,121 16,400,650

Total assets 16,011,843 16,632,782

FUND bALANCES AND RESERVES

Unrestricted funds

Endowment Fund 4,288,929 4,532,693

Other Reserves 266,978 584,003

Total unrestricted funds 4,555,907 5,116,696

Restricted funds

Specific Programme Funds 403,102 461,934

Leadership Permanent Funds 9,500,576 9,734,156

International Building Fund 187,104 178,846

J & U Porter Fund - Capital 191,563 192,081

Total restricted funds 10,282,345 10,567,017

Total fund balances and reserves 14,838,252 15,683,713

LIAbILITIES

Non Current Liabilities

Amounts held on behalf of member associations - long term portion

164,680 164,680

Donations received in advance - long term portion 102,934 112,291

Provision for pension benefits - 10,624

Total non current liabilities 267,614 287,595

Current Liabilities

Deferred income 12,868 45,218

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 199,961 173,670

Amounts held on behalf of member associations 680,671 430,109

Donations received in advance – Short term portion 12,477 12,477

Total current liabilities 905,977 661,474

Total Liabilities, funds balances and reserves 16,011,843 16,632,782

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Use Funds Total All Funds

Core Programme

Other Reserves

Endowment Fund

Leadership Permanent

Funds

Specific Programmes

International Building Fund

J & U Porter Funds

Apr-Dec2011 Apr10-Mar2011

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Membership Contributions 492 132,557 133,049 247,076

Ecumenical Support 198,113 724,478 922,591 1,312,761

Donations 32,633 9,095 939,826 981,554 892,789

Donations for New Headquarters 9,358 9,358 12,477

Legacies 65,210 65,210 949

Subtotal 305,806 - - 9,095 1,796,861 - - 2,111,762 2,466,052

Membership Affiliation Fees 441,804 441,804 754,388

Other income 13,620 11,629 256,168 281,417 274,985

Total support and revenue 761,230 11,629 - 9,095 2,053,029 - - 2,834,983 3,495,425

EXPENDITURES

Personnel costs (98,409) 10,624 (1,127,730) (1,215,515) (1,894,113)

Other administration costs (310,252) (15,000) (69,316) (81,150) (518) (476,236) (535,405)

Programme expenditure (980,985) (980,985) (364,283)

Funds Distributed to Member Associations (738,707) (738,707) (592,952)

Total expenditures (408,661) (4,376) - (69,316) (2,928,572) - (518) (3,411,443) (3,386,753)

NET FINANCE COSTS

Interest and dividend income 58,813 126,302 2,137 2,385 189,637 259,441

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale 16,731 35,930 52,661 102,746

Gain on foreign currency exchange 230,688 80,522 30,430 8,258 349,898 11,399

Loss on disposal of available-for-sale (10,709) (22,998) (33,707) (124,620)

Loss on foreign currency exchange (353,909) 415,963 (266,812) (2,492) (207,250) (1,437,630)

Impairment gain/ (loss) on available-for-sale (19,164) (19,164) 184,641

Total net finance costs (58,386) 396,799 - (47,056) 30,075 10,643 - 332,075 (1,004,023)

SURPLUS (DEFICIT) before undernoted items 294,183 404,052 - (107,277) (845,468) 10,643 (518) (244,385) (895,351)

CHANGES IN FUND bALANCES

Fund balances - start of year - 584,003 4,532,693 9,734,156 461,934 178,846 192,081 15,683,713 16,397,887

Adjustment for Available-for-sale Securities Reserves

(601,077) (601,077) 181,177

Inter-Fund transfers (547,305) (120,000) 9,358 (126,303) 786,635 (2,385) - -

Inter-Fund transfer to Core / from Endowment Fund 253,122 (253,122) - -

FUND bALANCES - END OF YEAR - 266,978 4,288,929 9,500,576 403,102 187,104 191,563 14,838,252 15,683,713

Balance Sheet (Swiss Francs)Statement of Support, Revenue and Expenditure and Changes in Fund Balances

for the Year Ended March 31, 2011 and 9 months ended December 31, 2011 (Swiss Francs)

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Ensuring that laws, policies and practices to protect and promote the human rights of women and children are implemented remains a constant focus for the World YWCA. Bringing the voices of local women into the global policy spaces, partnering

with other organisations to increase impact and strengthening the advocacy skills of women and girls worldwide are central to the organisation’s global strategy.

Key outcomes: In the context of World Council, the International Women’s Summit (IWS)

brought together close to 1,000 participants and a number of high profile keynote speakers and activists, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership, safe spaces and effective responses to Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health (SRHR), HIV and Violence against Women (VAW). IWS strengthened partnerships in priority areas and set an agenda for women’s leadership, rights and empowerment over the next decade.

The Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, was an important platform where young women participating in the World YWCA internship programme were able to have a voice on the issues facing women and young women in their countries and regions, including harmful practices against the girl child in Ethiopia and the high prevalence of violence against women in the Pacific. The World YWCA also contributed to the development of a resolution adopted in the June session relating to protection mechanisms for addressing VAW.

The World YWCA was elected to chair the NGO Committee on the Status of Women in Geneva, and the working groups on VAW and Peace. As part of these responsibilities, the World YWCA was active in preparations for the 56th session of CSW in New York, delivered the NGO statement for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and hosted the CEDAW Committee during their November meeting in Geneva.

The World YWCA leads a partnership between the YWCAs of Sudan, Sri Lanka and Palestine, supported by FOKUS and Y-Global, which strengthens women’s capacity to advocate for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. The group shared its work at World Council 2011 and a solidarity visit and partner’s meeting were held in Sri Lanka in December 2011 to build awareness around the situation faced by women in Northern Sri Lanka and the YWCA’s response. Young women from Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe participated in the visit and presented at the Sthree Mela Conference.

The World YWCA is increasingly recognised as a leading expert on SRHR and HIV and was invited, along with the YWCAs of Peru and Colombia to speak at the civil society hearing leading up to the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS of UN Member States.

The World YWCA was invited as a representative of civil society organisations to participate in the High Level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women and Children’s Health, which developed recommendations for monitoring the investment of USD 40 billion on health improvements.

Sexual and Reproductive Healthand Rights and HIV

Economic empowerment andcommunity development

Young Women

Violence against Women and Peace with Justice

9%

27%

30%

34%

IMPACT STATEMENT: Women, young women and girls in our diversity successfully claim our rights as empowered leaders, decision-makers and change agents responding to the issues affecting our lives and communities.

The World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA) is a global women’s rights movement leading social and economic change in over 120 countries worldwide. Operating at the community level, the YWCA works in 22,000 communities and reaches some 25 million women and girls worldwide through its advocacy programmes and services.

Founded and inspired by Christian principles and a commitment to women’s full and equal participation in society, the World YWCA is inclusive of women from diverse faiths, backgrounds and cultures and operates with integrity and responsible accountability within a human rights based framework.

World YWCA Strategic Directions 2012-2015 Vision: A fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and

sustained by women’s leadership.

Purpose: To develop leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and a sustainable environment for all people.

About the World YWCAGoals: Women, young women and girls exercise leadership in our lives

and communities and advocate for our rights

The social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of women, young women and girls are promoted and protected through advocacy programmes and services

The World YWCA movement effectively fulfils its purpose to develop the leadership of women and girls by functioning at the highest level of organisational

accountability

Programme priorities:

Young Women’s Leadership

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV

Violence against Women

2011 was a special year for the World YWCA as it was a World Council year. It is a unique event, which brings together the YWCA

movement, active today in over 120 countries, and builds momentum, unity and a common direction towards advancing our shared vision. This year crucial decisions were made, directions defined, resolutions passed and opinions voiced, and a process for envisioning the future was initiated.

The World Council also included the 4th International Women’s Summit - an opportunity to strengthen relationships, and share experiences with our many long term partners without whose support we would not have the capacity to carry out our work worldwide. High-level speakers alongside young women leaders debated on women’s issues. They shaped a global agenda for the rights, leadership and empowerment of women and girls, a significant contribution to the post-2015 development framework and the 20 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

The World YWCA Council reinforced the YWCA’s important role worldwide, and the growing need to lift our global voices around urgent issues such as sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV and violence against women and girls – concerns which were addressed from the angle of the theme of World Council, “Women Creating a Safe World”.

With a new President and Board elected at World Council, the organisation took a fresh start. Out of 20 Board members, 45% are young women. This reinforced

the World YWCA’s commitment to empower young women through leadership opportunities and ensure their influence on the organisation’s future direction. For over 150 years the YWCA has been leading the way and striving for the empowerment of young women in communities across the world.

Building upon this momentum, the World YWCA rolled out its strategic and dynamic action plan at World Council. Advancing women’s rights - in particular, sexual and reproductive rights, freedom from violence and women’s right to equitable participation in decision making - is central to the work of the YWCA movement and during the reporting period, the organisation integrated a human rights based approach to its work, as an underlying principle of its new Strategic Framework for 2012-2015.

An organisation is made special by the people that contribute and work towards its success. It is our dedicated and talented staff, the multitude of hard working volunteers and Member Associations, World Council host Association the YMCA-YWCA Switzerland, our friends, partners and donors who have made this year a success. Without their expertise, skills, time, commitment and contribution, we would not have achieved all that we have.

It was also a joy to share leadership with the outgoing World YWCA Board led by President Susan Brennan, and to welcome the new leaders of our movement led by Dr Deborah Thomas-Austin.

Thank you for your support in 2011 and for contributing towards women creating a safe world.

Nyaradzayi GumbonzvandaWorld YWCA General Secretary

Message from the General Secretary

A key objective for the World YWCA in 2011 has been to actively develop the leadership of women at all levels enabling them to become important actors in decision making and influencing change worldwide.

Key outcomes: An inspiring Movement Building and Leadership Pre-Council, attended

by some 350 participants, focused on transformative and intergenerational leadership, human rights and advocacy and good governance and accountability. Trainings were led by partner organisations and YWCAs and provided an interactive learning and discussion space.

Nearly 1,000 participants at the World Council Business Meeting and the International Women’s Summit benefitted from over 50 interactive Breakout Sessions and Skills Building Workshops organised by YWCAs and partners. These events provided a platform for sharing of best practices, developing advocacy strategies and increasing participants’ knowledge on the priority issues.

The first ever Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Strategy was launched at World Council and later during the Pacific Leaders Forum in September 2011, together with partner organisations and YWCAs in the region. It was also presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Strategy is the first of its kind and covers a region where more than half the population is under 25. Hundreds of young women from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand contributed to the development of the strategy, and a coalition of partners has been established to guide its implementation.

Thanks to our partners, including EED - Church Development Service and World Service Council, two young women were selected for a one-year internship at the World YWCA Office in Geneva and four short term interns participated in the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, USA, and at the World YWCA Council. The 20th anniversary of the internship programme was celebrated at World Council with an internship alumni gathering. A survey carried out among past participants highlighted that their internship experience had a fundamental impact on their lives, and the majority of former interns now hold significant leadership roles within their YWCAs or other organisations. This was confirmed when World YWCA 2011 intern, Jenta Tau, returned home in December 2011 and was appointed the new General Secretary of the YWCA of the Solomon Islands.

The Mary Robinson Award for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights was launched at World YWCA Council by Mary Robinson and Ambassador Sigrun Mogedal. The Award recognises the extraordinary leadership of young women worldwide on human rights and their innovation in changing lives and communities. Applications were received from 70 countries and the award recipients were Nancy Kapembwa (YWCA Zambia) and Jacinta Nyachae (AIDS Law Project, Kenya), as well as the YWCAs of Canada and Belize who received a joint award for creating enabling environments for young women’s leadership to flourish.

The World YWCA, in collaboration with European YWCAs, coordinated the European Young Women’s Study Session on Creating a World Without Violence, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, in July 2011. Participants shared knowledge and developed skills in various areas including human rights, project management and advocacy, and strengthened partnerships across Europe.

Paving the Way to Leadership

Impact through Advocacy

ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2011 - DECEMbER 2011

Synergy through Partnership

Working collaboratively with partner organisations and networks – whether corporate, international, non-governmental or ecumenical - is key to the success of the World YWCA’s advocacy and programme work.

Key outcomes: The World YWCA entered its third year of partnership with the David and

Lucile Packard Foundation. Extensive work on SRHR was carried out in eight YWCAs in Africa (Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia). Trainings were held at the grassroots level and at World Council to strengthen young women’s leadership on SRHR and HIV; technical support was provided for project design, monitoring and evaluation; young women were supported to engage in global and regional advocacy spaces; and monitoring visits were carried out to Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, where the positive impact of these projects was clearly witnessed. Several hundred young women and girls received training, and thus far the work in these eight countries has had an outreach of close to 30,000 people and a distribution of over 11,000 education and communication materials on SRHR and HIV.

The World YWCA continued to be an active member of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, which is guiding the implementation of the Operation Plan on HIV, Women, Girls and Gender Equality. The International Women’s Summit, where over 12 coalition partners participated, was also a key component of the Coalition’s work plan. At IWS a high level panel on SRHR and HIV was held, as well as a number of breakout sessions directly related to monitoring the outcomes of the High Level Meeting on HIV and the UNAIDS Operational Plan.

A new partnership was developed with the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) to consult with women in Africa around the implementation gaps in reaching the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action which will be under review in 2014.

A new partnership with AusAID began in 2011. The Mobilising Young Women Leaders and Advocacy Project focuses on 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific, including India, the Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. This cooperation develops young women's leadership on SRHR, gender based violence and HIV and AIDS and supports programmes in these countries.

At World Council 2011, the World YWCA and the Legacy Foundation launched a joint mentoring studio project and conducted 100 interviews of YWCA leaders of all ages to capture their stories and their impact on grassroots communities. This is designed to create an online platform for mentoring young women around the world.

Thanks to partners who continued to support and donate to the World YWCA’s Power to Change Fund, YWCA Member Associations were involved in, or directly carried out, a wide array of projects and trainings on topics including women’s leadership, SRHR and HIV awareness, capacity building, action against VAW, and human rights for women and girls. The support of donors enabled over 45,000 participants worldwide to benefit from these activities, with an overall outreach to over 160,000 people.

The “C” in our name remains a constant reminder of the values upon which the organisation was founded

and it guides the World YWCA movement in its leadership in ecumenical forums, both locally and globally.

Key outcomes: World Council was an opportunity for the World YWCA to strengthen

the development of a network of theologians to support work on

faith and women’s rights. Four women theologians held a session on

theology, SRHR and HIV, thanks to the support of the Dutch Inter-Church

Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO).

Each morning, worship was held at World YWCA Council and participants

were invited to reflect on whether a safer world is possible and how the YWCA

movement can contribute to build it. The dynamic reflections prepared by a team

of women from the YWCA-YMCA Switzerland included drama, mime and symbolic

actions, music from different parts of the world and multiple traditions, and examined

non-traditional images of God also found in the Scriptures.

The World YWCA participated in the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Senior Religious Leaders’ Working Group on HIV, which looks at the role of faith leaders in response to

HIV and AIDS.

The annual World YWCA-YMCA Week of Prayer took place in November and called for joint

prayer and reflection around the theme “A Voice to Influence: Young People Speaking Out for

Rights and Justice”. A special booklet was produced in English, French and Spanish and distributed

to the YWCA and YMCA movements.

Honouring our Faith

The Movement in Action

The focal point of this reporting period was the World YWCA Council, including the International Women’s Summit (IWS). Held from July 10-16, 2011, in Zurich, Switzerland, the event brought together almost 1,000 women and men from 97

countries, around the theme “Women Creating a Safe World”.

The World YWCA Council is a quadrennial legislative meeting of the World YWCA which brings together Member Associations from around the world. Its primary responsibility is to determine the policy, constitution, strategic direction and budget of the World YWCA for the coming four years. There were many highlights at this year’s meeting, including approving a new Strategic Framework with a strong human rights focus, electing a new President and Board, affiliating new Member Associations from Haiti and the US Virgin Islands and adopting resolutions on climate justice and the human rights situation in North Korea. In addition, a number of workshops and skills building sessions exchanged knowledge and experience across the movement and with partners.

The IWS was designed to mobilise women’s leadership to create a safe world for women to claim their rights. High-level leaders, including three former and first female presidents, Michelle Bachelet, Mary Robinson and Ruth Dreifuss, shared their vision with a captive audience, alongside young women working in communities to achieve change. Key themes of the plenary sessions were: Women Creating a Safe World; Securing Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Women; Putting an End to Violence against Women; Securing Justice; and

Claiming Safe Spaces for Women and Girls. Plenary and breakout sessions set a clear agenda for women’s leadership in creating a safe world and identifying key recommendations for governments, UN agencies, ecumenical partners and women’s organisations, including the YWCA.

The Summit affirmed the importance of women’s leadership, empowerment and rights in creating a world where peace, justice, freedom, dignity, health and care for the environment are upheld. IWS also resulted in a global call to action which is designed to feed into the post-2015 development framework and 20 years review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

This year’s Council clearly highlighted the World YWCA’s commitment to young women’s leadership and the significant place young women have in the movement. 45% of the new YWCA Board voted in at World Council are young women, and some 200 young women from all over the world participated in the Young Women’s Leadership Dialogue and contributed to the IWS, where young women’s voices were central in defining issues.

27th World YWCA Council andInternational Women’s Summit

Key outcomes: A new Strategic Framework for the

2012 – 2015 quadrennium was approved

at World Council. This framework prioritises

Young Women’s Leadership, SRHR and HIV

and Violence against Women, and will guide the

movement in its actions and priorities over the next

four years.

A movement-wide survey of the past four years resulted

in the World YWCA Four Year Report which compiled

data on global outreach and gave clear insight into the

organisation’s membership, activities and impact. It also

clearly highlighted the on-going development and growth of the

World YWCA over the period surveyed.

The World YWCA has begun implementing a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) in all of its work. A training session was held at

World Council and training tools and a manual to support monitoring

and evaluation were developed to inform and guide Member Associations

on this new approach and integrate this with results based management.

At World Council a four year Visioning Process was initiated to identify

the movement’s desired impact leading up to 2035 and building upon the

existing aim of developing the leadership and collective power of women

and girls worldwide. Members mapped the important issues in their

countries where YWCAs should be making an improvement.

Two new Member Associations – YWCA Haiti and the YWCA of the US Virgin

Islands – were affiliated at World Council, bringing the total number of

affiliated countries to 108. A further 12 associations are working towards

affiliation.

A report on the World YWCA Standards of Good Management (SGMA)

Self-Assessment by Member Associations over the quadrennium was

developed. It will serve as a guide to strengthening good governance and

accountability among YWCAs. The SGMA was also translated into French

and Spanish.

Though the World YWCA is over 150 years old, it is a movement that has evolved with its times, regularly renewing its priority areas and adapting to global changes by embracing the latest methodologies, technology and infrastructure so as to respond to the different needs of women, young women and girls.

World YWCA DirectoryWorld YWCA Board Members (elected in July 2011)

Officers:Deborah Thomas-Austin, President, Trinidad and Tobago Susan Brennan, Vice President, AustraliaTricia Gideon, Vice President, BelizeIda Ituze, Vice President, RwandaKirsty Kelly, Vice President, Great BritainJessica Notwell, Vice President, CanadaAndrea Nuñez Argote, Vice President, MexicoCarolyn Flowers, Treasurer, USA

World Board Members:Silvanna Ayaipoma de Mattos, PeruHaifa Baramki, PalestineBelinda Bennet, IndiaValerie Ho, TaiwanAnna-Kaisa Ikonen, FinlandAlice Iwebu-Kale, Solomon IslandsHoda Kamal El Mankabady, EgyptLuna Lee, USARebecca Phwitiko, MalawiMonika Simeon, NamibiaYoung Hee Won, KoreaGeeske Zanen, The Netherlands

World Office StaffGeneral SecretariatNyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, ZimbabweMichelle Higelin, Deputy General Secretary, Focal Point Europe, Australia Ana Villanueva, Executive Coordinator, ArgentinaFiona Wilkie, World Council Coordinator, Great Britain Marisa Ribordy, World Council Assistant, Switzerland (Until August 2011)

ProgrammeJuli Dugdale, Global Programme Manager Women's Leadership &

Movement Building; Focal Point Asia-Pacific, Australia Marie-Claude Julsaint, Global Programme Manager Violence Against

Women; Focal Point North America and Caribbean, HaitiHendrica Okondo, Global Programme Manager SRHR & HIV and AIDS;

Focal Point Africa, KenyaCaterina Lemp, Programme Officer Membership Support; Focal Point Latin

America, Chile Mandy Nogarede, Programme Officer Grant Management; Focal Point

Middle East, Great BritainPaola Salwan Daher, Programme Officer for Young Women, Focal Point for

Europe, Lebanon (until August 2011)

CommunicationsSylvie Jacquat, Communications Co-Director, Switzerland Vivian Hakkak, Communications Co-Director, SwitzerlandMaja Gosovic Rekovic, Communications Officer, Serbia

Finance and AdministrationJane Bennett, Director for Finance and Administration, IrelandAika-Ruwa Temu, Finance Officer, TanzaniaMarie-Antoinette Santschi, Personnel Assistant, SwitzerlandMarisa Ribordy, Personnel Assistant, Switzerland (as of Dec. 2011)

InternsJenta Tau, Solomon Islands (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Alemtsehay Zergaw, Ethiopia (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Nina Österholm, Finland (CSW 2011)Alifa Elrington, Belize (CSW 2011)Marcia Banasko, UK (as of Dec 2011)Juliana Chat Agurto (World Council)Liga Efeja, Latvia (World Council)Gwendoline Ashcroft (World Council)

Investment Advisory GroupCarol BaldiMurielle Joye (Chairperson)Sylvie PralongPhilip TreyvaudDominique de St Pierre

Volunteers and Consultants

The World YWCA expresses its heart-felt thanks to the many volunteers and consultants who contributed their time, energy and skills to the movement in 2011 supporting World Office operations, World Council preparations, capacity building and advocacy work: Dara Melati AbdoerrachmanAmy BaldersonJoanna BennettCéline BoissonDoreen BoydElaine CarlsonYoon-Young ChoeSarah DaviesSophie DilmitisCheryl EastonBonnie FatioVivianne FatzettiNathalie Fisher SpaltonArisbe Gomez de RaudaCatherine Graf Kaiza GrahamAberash GuramelSusan T. HowarthLucy IloenyosiFlorine JobinMuna Kaldawi-KillingbackMichael LawsonLaurence Levrat-Pictet

Sika LishomwaJuliarty MassonLiz NashVictoria NegreMarc NogaredeElisabeth NortonRuth OkothOlivia Orehag MatsdotterMildred PersingerFelicity RussellRoxy RussellDoris SalahMarianne Schörling-Ajayi Rebecca Anandi Smith Sophia SollaranoHendrik StroosmaConstance TateLaura VanzoMaritza VitelaRebecca ZornYWCA-YMCA Switzerland’s many ‘Helping Hands’ at 2011 Zurich World YWCA Council

DonorsThe World YWCA gratefully acknowledges and recognises the following partners for their contributions and support over the past year:

African Women’s Development Fund – GhanaARROW – MalaysiaAusAID – AustraliaEED – Church Development Service – GermanyEPER – Swiss Protestant Church – SwitzerlandHoryzon (YWCA/YMCA Switzerland)ICCO en KerkinActie – Netherland Member YWCAsNorwegian Church Aid – NorwayThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation – USAPacific Leadership Partnership (AUSAID)The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaUNFPA – GlobalY Global – NorwayWorld Day of Prayer – Germany

Focus of Power to Change Fund Projects

Priority Issues 2011

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Financial Overview

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT DECEMbER 31, 2011

December 31, 2011CHF

March 31, 2011CHF

ASSETS

Non Current Assets

Leasehold improvements, net 214,722 232,132

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 1,421,781 755,057

Available-for-sale financial assets 13,879,000 15,038,010

Accounts receivable 462,503 507,614

Withholding tax receivable 16,950 22,534

Prepayments 16,887 77,435

Total current assets 15,797,121 16,400,650

Total assets 16,011,843 16,632,782

FUND bALANCES AND RESERVES

Unrestricted funds

Endowment Fund 4,288,929 4,532,693

Other Reserves 266,978 584,003

Total unrestricted funds 4,555,907 5,116,696

Restricted funds

Specific Programme Funds 403,102 461,934

Leadership Permanent Funds 9,500,576 9,734,156

International Building Fund 187,104 178,846

J & U Porter Fund - Capital 191,563 192,081

Total restricted funds 10,282,345 10,567,017

Total fund balances and reserves 14,838,252 15,683,713

LIAbILITIES

Non Current Liabilities

Amounts held on behalf of member associations - long term portion

164,680 164,680

Donations received in advance - long term portion 102,934 112,291

Provision for pension benefits - 10,624

Total non current liabilities 267,614 287,595

Current Liabilities

Deferred income 12,868 45,218

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 199,961 173,670

Amounts held on behalf of member associations 680,671 430,109

Donations received in advance – Short term portion 12,477 12,477

Total current liabilities 905,977 661,474

Total Liabilities, funds balances and reserves 16,011,843 16,632,782

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Use Funds Total All Funds

Core Programme

Other Reserves

Endowment Fund

Leadership Permanent

Funds

Specific Programmes

International Building Fund

J & U Porter Funds

Apr-Dec2011 Apr10-Mar2011

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Membership Contributions 492 132,557 133,049 247,076

Ecumenical Support 198,113 724,478 922,591 1,312,761

Donations 32,633 9,095 939,826 981,554 892,789

Donations for New Headquarters 9,358 9,358 12,477

Legacies 65,210 65,210 949

Subtotal 305,806 - - 9,095 1,796,861 - - 2,111,762 2,466,052

Membership Affiliation Fees 441,804 441,804 754,388

Other income 13,620 11,629 256,168 281,417 274,985

Total support and revenue 761,230 11,629 - 9,095 2,053,029 - - 2,834,983 3,495,425

EXPENDITURES

Personnel costs (98,409) 10,624 (1,127,730) (1,215,515) (1,894,113)

Other administration costs (310,252) (15,000) (69,316) (81,150) (518) (476,236) (535,405)

Programme expenditure (980,985) (980,985) (364,283)

Funds Distributed to Member Associations (738,707) (738,707) (592,952)

Total expenditures (408,661) (4,376) - (69,316) (2,928,572) - (518) (3,411,443) (3,386,753)

NET FINANCE COSTS

Interest and dividend income 58,813 126,302 2,137 2,385 189,637 259,441

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale 16,731 35,930 52,661 102,746

Gain on foreign currency exchange 230,688 80,522 30,430 8,258 349,898 11,399

Loss on disposal of available-for-sale (10,709) (22,998) (33,707) (124,620)

Loss on foreign currency exchange (353,909) 415,963 (266,812) (2,492) (207,250) (1,437,630)

Impairment gain/ (loss) on available-for-sale (19,164) (19,164) 184,641

Total net finance costs (58,386) 396,799 - (47,056) 30,075 10,643 - 332,075 (1,004,023)

SURPLUS (DEFICIT) before undernoted items 294,183 404,052 - (107,277) (845,468) 10,643 (518) (244,385) (895,351)

CHANGES IN FUND bALANCES

Fund balances - start of year - 584,003 4,532,693 9,734,156 461,934 178,846 192,081 15,683,713 16,397,887

Adjustment for Available-for-sale Securities Reserves

(601,077) (601,077) 181,177

Inter-Fund transfers (547,305) (120,000) 9,358 (126,303) 786,635 (2,385) - -

Inter-Fund transfer to Core / from Endowment Fund 253,122 (253,122) - -

FUND bALANCES - END OF YEAR - 266,978 4,288,929 9,500,576 403,102 187,104 191,563 14,838,252 15,683,713

Balance Sheet (Swiss Francs)Statement of Support, Revenue and Expenditure and Changes in Fund Balances

for the Year Ended March 31, 2011 and 9 months ended December 31, 2011 (Swiss Francs)

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Ensuring that laws, policies and practices to protect and promote the human rights of women and children are implemented remains a constant focus for the World YWCA. Bringing the voices of local women into the global policy spaces, partnering

with other organisations to increase impact and strengthening the advocacy skills of women and girls worldwide are central to the organisation’s global strategy.

Key outcomes: In the context of World Council, the International Women’s Summit (IWS)

brought together close to 1,000 participants and a number of high profile keynote speakers and activists, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership, safe spaces and effective responses to Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health (SRHR), HIV and Violence against Women (VAW). IWS strengthened partnerships in priority areas and set an agenda for women’s leadership, rights and empowerment over the next decade.

The Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, was an important platform where young women participating in the World YWCA internship programme were able to have a voice on the issues facing women and young women in their countries and regions, including harmful practices against the girl child in Ethiopia and the high prevalence of violence against women in the Pacific. The World YWCA also contributed to the development of a resolution adopted in the June session relating to protection mechanisms for addressing VAW.

The World YWCA was elected to chair the NGO Committee on the Status of Women in Geneva, and the working groups on VAW and Peace. As part of these responsibilities, the World YWCA was active in preparations for the 56th session of CSW in New York, delivered the NGO statement for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and hosted the CEDAW Committee during their November meeting in Geneva.

The World YWCA leads a partnership between the YWCAs of Sudan, Sri Lanka and Palestine, supported by FOKUS and Y-Global, which strengthens women’s capacity to advocate for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. The group shared its work at World Council 2011 and a solidarity visit and partner’s meeting were held in Sri Lanka in December 2011 to build awareness around the situation faced by women in Northern Sri Lanka and the YWCA’s response. Young women from Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe participated in the visit and presented at the Sthree Mela Conference.

The World YWCA is increasingly recognised as a leading expert on SRHR and HIV and was invited, along with the YWCAs of Peru and Colombia to speak at the civil society hearing leading up to the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS of UN Member States.

The World YWCA was invited as a representative of civil society organisations to participate in the High Level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women and Children’s Health, which developed recommendations for monitoring the investment of USD 40 billion on health improvements.

Sexual and Reproductive Healthand Rights and HIV

Economic empowerment andcommunity development

Young Women

Violence against Women and Peace with Justice

9%

27%

30%

34%

IMPACT STATEMENT: Women, young women and girls in our diversity successfully claim our rights as empowered leaders, decision-makers and change agents responding to the issues affecting our lives and communities.

The World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA) is a global women’s rights movement leading social and economic change in over 120 countries worldwide. Operating at the community level, the YWCA works in 22,000 communities and reaches some 25 million women and girls worldwide through its advocacy programmes and services.

Founded and inspired by Christian principles and a commitment to women’s full and equal participation in society, the World YWCA is inclusive of women from diverse faiths, backgrounds and cultures and operates with integrity and responsible accountability within a human rights based framework.

World YWCA Strategic Directions 2012-2015 Vision: A fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and

sustained by women’s leadership.

Purpose: To develop leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and a sustainable environment for all people.

About the World YWCAGoals: Women, young women and girls exercise leadership in our lives

and communities and advocate for our rights

The social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of women, young women and girls are promoted and protected through advocacy programmes and services

The World YWCA movement effectively fulfils its purpose to develop the leadership of women and girls by functioning at the highest level of organisational

accountability

Programme priorities:

Young Women’s Leadership

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV

Violence against Women

2011 was a special year for the World YWCA as it was a World Council year. It is a unique event, which brings together the YWCA

movement, active today in over 120 countries, and builds momentum, unity and a common direction towards advancing our shared vision. This year crucial decisions were made, directions defined, resolutions passed and opinions voiced, and a process for envisioning the future was initiated.

The World Council also included the 4th International Women’s Summit - an opportunity to strengthen relationships, and share experiences with our many long term partners without whose support we would not have the capacity to carry out our work worldwide. High-level speakers alongside young women leaders debated on women’s issues. They shaped a global agenda for the rights, leadership and empowerment of women and girls, a significant contribution to the post-2015 development framework and the 20 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

The World YWCA Council reinforced the YWCA’s important role worldwide, and the growing need to lift our global voices around urgent issues such as sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV and violence against women and girls – concerns which were addressed from the angle of the theme of World Council, “Women Creating a Safe World”.

With a new President and Board elected at World Council, the organisation took a fresh start. Out of 20 Board members, 45% are young women. This reinforced

the World YWCA’s commitment to empower young women through leadership opportunities and ensure their influence on the organisation’s future direction. For over 150 years the YWCA has been leading the way and striving for the empowerment of young women in communities across the world.

Building upon this momentum, the World YWCA rolled out its strategic and dynamic action plan at World Council. Advancing women’s rights - in particular, sexual and reproductive rights, freedom from violence and women’s right to equitable participation in decision making - is central to the work of the YWCA movement and during the reporting period, the organisation integrated a human rights based approach to its work, as an underlying principle of its new Strategic Framework for 2012-2015.

An organisation is made special by the people that contribute and work towards its success. It is our dedicated and talented staff, the multitude of hard working volunteers and Member Associations, World Council host Association the YMCA-YWCA Switzerland, our friends, partners and donors who have made this year a success. Without their expertise, skills, time, commitment and contribution, we would not have achieved all that we have.

It was also a joy to share leadership with the outgoing World YWCA Board led by President Susan Brennan, and to welcome the new leaders of our movement led by Dr Deborah Thomas-Austin.

Thank you for your support in 2011 and for contributing towards women creating a safe world.

Nyaradzayi GumbonzvandaWorld YWCA General Secretary

Message from the General Secretary

A key objective for the World YWCA in 2011 has been to actively develop the leadership of women at all levels enabling them to become important actors in decision making and influencing change worldwide.

Key outcomes: An inspiring Movement Building and Leadership Pre-Council, attended

by some 350 participants, focused on transformative and intergenerational leadership, human rights and advocacy and good governance and accountability. Trainings were led by partner organisations and YWCAs and provided an interactive learning and discussion space.

Nearly 1,000 participants at the World Council Business Meeting and the International Women’s Summit benefitted from over 50 interactive Breakout Sessions and Skills Building Workshops organised by YWCAs and partners. These events provided a platform for sharing of best practices, developing advocacy strategies and increasing participants’ knowledge on the priority issues.

The first ever Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Strategy was launched at World Council and later during the Pacific Leaders Forum in September 2011, together with partner organisations and YWCAs in the region. It was also presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Strategy is the first of its kind and covers a region where more than half the population is under 25. Hundreds of young women from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand contributed to the development of the strategy, and a coalition of partners has been established to guide its implementation.

Thanks to our partners, including EED - Church Development Service and World Service Council, two young women were selected for a one-year internship at the World YWCA Office in Geneva and four short term interns participated in the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, USA, and at the World YWCA Council. The 20th anniversary of the internship programme was celebrated at World Council with an internship alumni gathering. A survey carried out among past participants highlighted that their internship experience had a fundamental impact on their lives, and the majority of former interns now hold significant leadership roles within their YWCAs or other organisations. This was confirmed when World YWCA 2011 intern, Jenta Tau, returned home in December 2011 and was appointed the new General Secretary of the YWCA of the Solomon Islands.

The Mary Robinson Award for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights was launched at World YWCA Council by Mary Robinson and Ambassador Sigrun Mogedal. The Award recognises the extraordinary leadership of young women worldwide on human rights and their innovation in changing lives and communities. Applications were received from 70 countries and the award recipients were Nancy Kapembwa (YWCA Zambia) and Jacinta Nyachae (AIDS Law Project, Kenya), as well as the YWCAs of Canada and Belize who received a joint award for creating enabling environments for young women’s leadership to flourish.

The World YWCA, in collaboration with European YWCAs, coordinated the European Young Women’s Study Session on Creating a World Without Violence, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, in July 2011. Participants shared knowledge and developed skills in various areas including human rights, project management and advocacy, and strengthened partnerships across Europe.

Paving the Way to Leadership

Impact through Advocacy

ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2011 - DECEMbER 2011

Synergy through Partnership

Working collaboratively with partner organisations and networks – whether corporate, international, non-governmental or ecumenical - is key to the success of the World YWCA’s advocacy and programme work.

Key outcomes: The World YWCA entered its third year of partnership with the David and

Lucile Packard Foundation. Extensive work on SRHR was carried out in eight YWCAs in Africa (Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia). Trainings were held at the grassroots level and at World Council to strengthen young women’s leadership on SRHR and HIV; technical support was provided for project design, monitoring and evaluation; young women were supported to engage in global and regional advocacy spaces; and monitoring visits were carried out to Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, where the positive impact of these projects was clearly witnessed. Several hundred young women and girls received training, and thus far the work in these eight countries has had an outreach of close to 30,000 people and a distribution of over 11,000 education and communication materials on SRHR and HIV.

The World YWCA continued to be an active member of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, which is guiding the implementation of the Operation Plan on HIV, Women, Girls and Gender Equality. The International Women’s Summit, where over 12 coalition partners participated, was also a key component of the Coalition’s work plan. At IWS a high level panel on SRHR and HIV was held, as well as a number of breakout sessions directly related to monitoring the outcomes of the High Level Meeting on HIV and the UNAIDS Operational Plan.

A new partnership was developed with the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) to consult with women in Africa around the implementation gaps in reaching the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action which will be under review in 2014.

A new partnership with AusAID began in 2011. The Mobilising Young Women Leaders and Advocacy Project focuses on 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific, including India, the Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. This cooperation develops young women's leadership on SRHR, gender based violence and HIV and AIDS and supports programmes in these countries.

At World Council 2011, the World YWCA and the Legacy Foundation launched a joint mentoring studio project and conducted 100 interviews of YWCA leaders of all ages to capture their stories and their impact on grassroots communities. This is designed to create an online platform for mentoring young women around the world.

Thanks to partners who continued to support and donate to the World YWCA’s Power to Change Fund, YWCA Member Associations were involved in, or directly carried out, a wide array of projects and trainings on topics including women’s leadership, SRHR and HIV awareness, capacity building, action against VAW, and human rights for women and girls. The support of donors enabled over 45,000 participants worldwide to benefit from these activities, with an overall outreach to over 160,000 people.

The “C” in our name remains a constant reminder of the values upon which the organisation was founded

and it guides the World YWCA movement in its leadership in ecumenical forums, both locally and globally.

Key outcomes: World Council was an opportunity for the World YWCA to strengthen

the development of a network of theologians to support work on

faith and women’s rights. Four women theologians held a session on

theology, SRHR and HIV, thanks to the support of the Dutch Inter-Church

Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO).

Each morning, worship was held at World YWCA Council and participants

were invited to reflect on whether a safer world is possible and how the YWCA

movement can contribute to build it. The dynamic reflections prepared by a team

of women from the YWCA-YMCA Switzerland included drama, mime and symbolic

actions, music from different parts of the world and multiple traditions, and examined

non-traditional images of God also found in the Scriptures.

The World YWCA participated in the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Senior Religious Leaders’ Working Group on HIV, which looks at the role of faith leaders in response to

HIV and AIDS.

The annual World YWCA-YMCA Week of Prayer took place in November and called for joint

prayer and reflection around the theme “A Voice to Influence: Young People Speaking Out for

Rights and Justice”. A special booklet was produced in English, French and Spanish and distributed

to the YWCA and YMCA movements.

Honouring our Faith

The Movement in Action

The focal point of this reporting period was the World YWCA Council, including the International Women’s Summit (IWS). Held from July 10-16, 2011, in Zurich, Switzerland, the event brought together almost 1,000 women and men from 97

countries, around the theme “Women Creating a Safe World”.

The World YWCA Council is a quadrennial legislative meeting of the World YWCA which brings together Member Associations from around the world. Its primary responsibility is to determine the policy, constitution, strategic direction and budget of the World YWCA for the coming four years. There were many highlights at this year’s meeting, including approving a new Strategic Framework with a strong human rights focus, electing a new President and Board, affiliating new Member Associations from Haiti and the US Virgin Islands and adopting resolutions on climate justice and the human rights situation in North Korea. In addition, a number of workshops and skills building sessions exchanged knowledge and experience across the movement and with partners.

The IWS was designed to mobilise women’s leadership to create a safe world for women to claim their rights. High-level leaders, including three former and first female presidents, Michelle Bachelet, Mary Robinson and Ruth Dreifuss, shared their vision with a captive audience, alongside young women working in communities to achieve change. Key themes of the plenary sessions were: Women Creating a Safe World; Securing Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Women; Putting an End to Violence against Women; Securing Justice; and

Claiming Safe Spaces for Women and Girls. Plenary and breakout sessions set a clear agenda for women’s leadership in creating a safe world and identifying key recommendations for governments, UN agencies, ecumenical partners and women’s organisations, including the YWCA.

The Summit affirmed the importance of women’s leadership, empowerment and rights in creating a world where peace, justice, freedom, dignity, health and care for the environment are upheld. IWS also resulted in a global call to action which is designed to feed into the post-2015 development framework and 20 years review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

This year’s Council clearly highlighted the World YWCA’s commitment to young women’s leadership and the significant place young women have in the movement. 45% of the new YWCA Board voted in at World Council are young women, and some 200 young women from all over the world participated in the Young Women’s Leadership Dialogue and contributed to the IWS, where young women’s voices were central in defining issues.

27th World YWCA Council andInternational Women’s Summit

Key outcomes: A new Strategic Framework for the

2012 – 2015 quadrennium was approved

at World Council. This framework prioritises

Young Women’s Leadership, SRHR and HIV

and Violence against Women, and will guide the

movement in its actions and priorities over the next

four years.

A movement-wide survey of the past four years resulted

in the World YWCA Four Year Report which compiled

data on global outreach and gave clear insight into the

organisation’s membership, activities and impact. It also

clearly highlighted the on-going development and growth of the

World YWCA over the period surveyed.

The World YWCA has begun implementing a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) in all of its work. A training session was held at

World Council and training tools and a manual to support monitoring

and evaluation were developed to inform and guide Member Associations

on this new approach and integrate this with results based management.

At World Council a four year Visioning Process was initiated to identify

the movement’s desired impact leading up to 2035 and building upon the

existing aim of developing the leadership and collective power of women

and girls worldwide. Members mapped the important issues in their

countries where YWCAs should be making an improvement.

Two new Member Associations – YWCA Haiti and the YWCA of the US Virgin

Islands – were affiliated at World Council, bringing the total number of

affiliated countries to 108. A further 12 associations are working towards

affiliation.

A report on the World YWCA Standards of Good Management (SGMA)

Self-Assessment by Member Associations over the quadrennium was

developed. It will serve as a guide to strengthening good governance and

accountability among YWCAs. The SGMA was also translated into French

and Spanish.

Though the World YWCA is over 150 years old, it is a movement that has evolved with its times, regularly renewing its priority areas and adapting to global changes by embracing the latest methodologies, technology and infrastructure so as to respond to the different needs of women, young women and girls.

World YWCA DirectoryWorld YWCA Board Members (elected in July 2011)

Officers:Deborah Thomas-Austin, President, Trinidad and Tobago Susan Brennan, Vice President, AustraliaTricia Gideon, Vice President, BelizeIda Ituze, Vice President, RwandaKirsty Kelly, Vice President, Great BritainJessica Notwell, Vice President, CanadaAndrea Nuñez Argote, Vice President, MexicoCarolyn Flowers, Treasurer, USA

World Board Members:Silvanna Ayaipoma de Mattos, PeruHaifa Baramki, PalestineBelinda Bennet, IndiaValerie Ho, TaiwanAnna-Kaisa Ikonen, FinlandAlice Iwebu-Kale, Solomon IslandsHoda Kamal El Mankabady, EgyptLuna Lee, USARebecca Phwitiko, MalawiMonika Simeon, NamibiaYoung Hee Won, KoreaGeeske Zanen, The Netherlands

World Office StaffGeneral SecretariatNyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, ZimbabweMichelle Higelin, Deputy General Secretary, Focal Point Europe, Australia Ana Villanueva, Executive Coordinator, ArgentinaFiona Wilkie, World Council Coordinator, Great Britain Marisa Ribordy, World Council Assistant, Switzerland (Until August 2011)

ProgrammeJuli Dugdale, Global Programme Manager Women's Leadership &

Movement Building; Focal Point Asia-Pacific, Australia Marie-Claude Julsaint, Global Programme Manager Violence Against

Women; Focal Point North America and Caribbean, HaitiHendrica Okondo, Global Programme Manager SRHR & HIV and AIDS;

Focal Point Africa, KenyaCaterina Lemp, Programme Officer Membership Support; Focal Point Latin

America, Chile Mandy Nogarede, Programme Officer Grant Management; Focal Point

Middle East, Great BritainPaola Salwan Daher, Programme Officer for Young Women, Focal Point for

Europe, Lebanon (until August 2011)

CommunicationsSylvie Jacquat, Communications Co-Director, Switzerland Vivian Hakkak, Communications Co-Director, SwitzerlandMaja Gosovic Rekovic, Communications Officer, Serbia

Finance and AdministrationJane Bennett, Director for Finance and Administration, IrelandAika-Ruwa Temu, Finance Officer, TanzaniaMarie-Antoinette Santschi, Personnel Assistant, SwitzerlandMarisa Ribordy, Personnel Assistant, Switzerland (as of Dec. 2011)

InternsJenta Tau, Solomon Islands (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Alemtsehay Zergaw, Ethiopia (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Nina Österholm, Finland (CSW 2011)Alifa Elrington, Belize (CSW 2011)Marcia Banasko, UK (as of Dec 2011)Juliana Chat Agurto (World Council)Liga Efeja, Latvia (World Council)Gwendoline Ashcroft (World Council)

Investment Advisory GroupCarol BaldiMurielle Joye (Chairperson)Sylvie PralongPhilip TreyvaudDominique de St Pierre

Volunteers and Consultants

The World YWCA expresses its heart-felt thanks to the many volunteers and consultants who contributed their time, energy and skills to the movement in 2011 supporting World Office operations, World Council preparations, capacity building and advocacy work: Dara Melati AbdoerrachmanAmy BaldersonJoanna BennettCéline BoissonDoreen BoydElaine CarlsonYoon-Young ChoeSarah DaviesSophie DilmitisCheryl EastonBonnie FatioVivianne FatzettiNathalie Fisher SpaltonArisbe Gomez de RaudaCatherine Graf Kaiza GrahamAberash GuramelSusan T. HowarthLucy IloenyosiFlorine JobinMuna Kaldawi-KillingbackMichael LawsonLaurence Levrat-Pictet

Sika LishomwaJuliarty MassonLiz NashVictoria NegreMarc NogaredeElisabeth NortonRuth OkothOlivia Orehag MatsdotterMildred PersingerFelicity RussellRoxy RussellDoris SalahMarianne Schörling-Ajayi Rebecca Anandi Smith Sophia SollaranoHendrik StroosmaConstance TateLaura VanzoMaritza VitelaRebecca ZornYWCA-YMCA Switzerland’s many ‘Helping Hands’ at 2011 Zurich World YWCA Council

DonorsThe World YWCA gratefully acknowledges and recognises the following partners for their contributions and support over the past year:

African Women’s Development Fund – GhanaARROW – MalaysiaAusAID – AustraliaEED – Church Development Service – GermanyEPER – Swiss Protestant Church – SwitzerlandHoryzon (YWCA/YMCA Switzerland)ICCO en KerkinActie – Netherland Member YWCAsNorwegian Church Aid – NorwayThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation – USAPacific Leadership Partnership (AUSAID)The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaUNFPA – GlobalY Global – NorwayWorld Day of Prayer – Germany

Focus of Power to Change Fund Projects

Priority Issues 2011

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Financial Overview

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT DECEMbER 31, 2011

December 31, 2011CHF

March 31, 2011CHF

ASSETS

Non Current Assets

Leasehold improvements, net 214,722 232,132

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 1,421,781 755,057

Available-for-sale financial assets 13,879,000 15,038,010

Accounts receivable 462,503 507,614

Withholding tax receivable 16,950 22,534

Prepayments 16,887 77,435

Total current assets 15,797,121 16,400,650

Total assets 16,011,843 16,632,782

FUND bALANCES AND RESERVES

Unrestricted funds

Endowment Fund 4,288,929 4,532,693

Other Reserves 266,978 584,003

Total unrestricted funds 4,555,907 5,116,696

Restricted funds

Specific Programme Funds 403,102 461,934

Leadership Permanent Funds 9,500,576 9,734,156

International Building Fund 187,104 178,846

J & U Porter Fund - Capital 191,563 192,081

Total restricted funds 10,282,345 10,567,017

Total fund balances and reserves 14,838,252 15,683,713

LIAbILITIES

Non Current Liabilities

Amounts held on behalf of member associations - long term portion

164,680 164,680

Donations received in advance - long term portion 102,934 112,291

Provision for pension benefits - 10,624

Total non current liabilities 267,614 287,595

Current Liabilities

Deferred income 12,868 45,218

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 199,961 173,670

Amounts held on behalf of member associations 680,671 430,109

Donations received in advance – Short term portion 12,477 12,477

Total current liabilities 905,977 661,474

Total Liabilities, funds balances and reserves 16,011,843 16,632,782

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Use Funds Total All Funds

Core Programme

Other Reserves

Endowment Fund

Leadership Permanent

Funds

Specific Programmes

International Building Fund

J & U Porter Funds

Apr-Dec2011 Apr10-Mar2011

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Membership Contributions 492 132,557 133,049 247,076

Ecumenical Support 198,113 724,478 922,591 1,312,761

Donations 32,633 9,095 939,826 981,554 892,789

Donations for New Headquarters 9,358 9,358 12,477

Legacies 65,210 65,210 949

Subtotal 305,806 - - 9,095 1,796,861 - - 2,111,762 2,466,052

Membership Affiliation Fees 441,804 441,804 754,388

Other income 13,620 11,629 256,168 281,417 274,985

Total support and revenue 761,230 11,629 - 9,095 2,053,029 - - 2,834,983 3,495,425

EXPENDITURES

Personnel costs (98,409) 10,624 (1,127,730) (1,215,515) (1,894,113)

Other administration costs (310,252) (15,000) (69,316) (81,150) (518) (476,236) (535,405)

Programme expenditure (980,985) (980,985) (364,283)

Funds Distributed to Member Associations (738,707) (738,707) (592,952)

Total expenditures (408,661) (4,376) - (69,316) (2,928,572) - (518) (3,411,443) (3,386,753)

NET FINANCE COSTS

Interest and dividend income 58,813 126,302 2,137 2,385 189,637 259,441

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale 16,731 35,930 52,661 102,746

Gain on foreign currency exchange 230,688 80,522 30,430 8,258 349,898 11,399

Loss on disposal of available-for-sale (10,709) (22,998) (33,707) (124,620)

Loss on foreign currency exchange (353,909) 415,963 (266,812) (2,492) (207,250) (1,437,630)

Impairment gain/ (loss) on available-for-sale (19,164) (19,164) 184,641

Total net finance costs (58,386) 396,799 - (47,056) 30,075 10,643 - 332,075 (1,004,023)

SURPLUS (DEFICIT) before undernoted items 294,183 404,052 - (107,277) (845,468) 10,643 (518) (244,385) (895,351)

CHANGES IN FUND bALANCES

Fund balances - start of year - 584,003 4,532,693 9,734,156 461,934 178,846 192,081 15,683,713 16,397,887

Adjustment for Available-for-sale Securities Reserves

(601,077) (601,077) 181,177

Inter-Fund transfers (547,305) (120,000) 9,358 (126,303) 786,635 (2,385) - -

Inter-Fund transfer to Core / from Endowment Fund 253,122 (253,122) - -

FUND bALANCES - END OF YEAR - 266,978 4,288,929 9,500,576 403,102 187,104 191,563 14,838,252 15,683,713

Balance Sheet (Swiss Francs)Statement of Support, Revenue and Expenditure and Changes in Fund Balances

for the Year Ended March 31, 2011 and 9 months ended December 31, 2011 (Swiss Francs)

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Ensuring that laws, policies and practices to protect and promote the human rights of women and children are implemented remains a constant focus for the World YWCA. Bringing the voices of local women into the global policy spaces, partnering

with other organisations to increase impact and strengthening the advocacy skills of women and girls worldwide are central to the organisation’s global strategy.

Key outcomes: In the context of World Council, the International Women’s Summit (IWS)

brought together close to 1,000 participants and a number of high profile keynote speakers and activists, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership, safe spaces and effective responses to Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health (SRHR), HIV and Violence against Women (VAW). IWS strengthened partnerships in priority areas and set an agenda for women’s leadership, rights and empowerment over the next decade.

The Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, was an important platform where young women participating in the World YWCA internship programme were able to have a voice on the issues facing women and young women in their countries and regions, including harmful practices against the girl child in Ethiopia and the high prevalence of violence against women in the Pacific. The World YWCA also contributed to the development of a resolution adopted in the June session relating to protection mechanisms for addressing VAW.

The World YWCA was elected to chair the NGO Committee on the Status of Women in Geneva, and the working groups on VAW and Peace. As part of these responsibilities, the World YWCA was active in preparations for the 56th session of CSW in New York, delivered the NGO statement for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and hosted the CEDAW Committee during their November meeting in Geneva.

The World YWCA leads a partnership between the YWCAs of Sudan, Sri Lanka and Palestine, supported by FOKUS and Y-Global, which strengthens women’s capacity to advocate for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. The group shared its work at World Council 2011 and a solidarity visit and partner’s meeting were held in Sri Lanka in December 2011 to build awareness around the situation faced by women in Northern Sri Lanka and the YWCA’s response. Young women from Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe participated in the visit and presented at the Sthree Mela Conference.

The World YWCA is increasingly recognised as a leading expert on SRHR and HIV and was invited, along with the YWCAs of Peru and Colombia to speak at the civil society hearing leading up to the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS of UN Member States.

The World YWCA was invited as a representative of civil society organisations to participate in the High Level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women and Children’s Health, which developed recommendations for monitoring the investment of USD 40 billion on health improvements.

Sexual and Reproductive Healthand Rights and HIV

Economic empowerment andcommunity development

Young Women

Violence against Women and Peace with Justice

9%

27%

30%

34%

IMPACT STATEMENT: Women, young women and girls in our diversity successfully claim our rights as empowered leaders, decision-makers and change agents responding to the issues affecting our lives and communities.

The World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA) is a global women’s rights movement leading social and economic change in over 120 countries worldwide. Operating at the community level, the YWCA works in 22,000 communities and reaches some 25 million women and girls worldwide through its advocacy programmes and services.

Founded and inspired by Christian principles and a commitment to women’s full and equal participation in society, the World YWCA is inclusive of women from diverse faiths, backgrounds and cultures and operates with integrity and responsible accountability within a human rights based framework.

World YWCA Strategic Directions 2012-2015 Vision: A fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and

sustained by women’s leadership.

Purpose: To develop leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and a sustainable environment for all people.

About the World YWCAGoals: Women, young women and girls exercise leadership in our lives

and communities and advocate for our rights

The social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of women, young women and girls are promoted and protected through advocacy programmes and services

The World YWCA movement effectively fulfils its purpose to develop the leadership of women and girls by functioning at the highest level of organisational

accountability

Programme priorities:

Young Women’s Leadership

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV

Violence against Women

2011 was a special year for the World YWCA as it was a World Council year. It is a unique event, which brings together the YWCA

movement, active today in over 120 countries, and builds momentum, unity and a common direction towards advancing our shared vision. This year crucial decisions were made, directions defined, resolutions passed and opinions voiced, and a process for envisioning the future was initiated.

The World Council also included the 4th International Women’s Summit - an opportunity to strengthen relationships, and share experiences with our many long term partners without whose support we would not have the capacity to carry out our work worldwide. High-level speakers alongside young women leaders debated on women’s issues. They shaped a global agenda for the rights, leadership and empowerment of women and girls, a significant contribution to the post-2015 development framework and the 20 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

The World YWCA Council reinforced the YWCA’s important role worldwide, and the growing need to lift our global voices around urgent issues such as sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV and violence against women and girls – concerns which were addressed from the angle of the theme of World Council, “Women Creating a Safe World”.

With a new President and Board elected at World Council, the organisation took a fresh start. Out of 20 Board members, 45% are young women. This reinforced

the World YWCA’s commitment to empower young women through leadership opportunities and ensure their influence on the organisation’s future direction. For over 150 years the YWCA has been leading the way and striving for the empowerment of young women in communities across the world.

Building upon this momentum, the World YWCA rolled out its strategic and dynamic action plan at World Council. Advancing women’s rights - in particular, sexual and reproductive rights, freedom from violence and women’s right to equitable participation in decision making - is central to the work of the YWCA movement and during the reporting period, the organisation integrated a human rights based approach to its work, as an underlying principle of its new Strategic Framework for 2012-2015.

An organisation is made special by the people that contribute and work towards its success. It is our dedicated and talented staff, the multitude of hard working volunteers and Member Associations, World Council host Association the YMCA-YWCA Switzerland, our friends, partners and donors who have made this year a success. Without their expertise, skills, time, commitment and contribution, we would not have achieved all that we have.

It was also a joy to share leadership with the outgoing World YWCA Board led by President Susan Brennan, and to welcome the new leaders of our movement led by Dr Deborah Thomas-Austin.

Thank you for your support in 2011 and for contributing towards women creating a safe world.

Nyaradzayi GumbonzvandaWorld YWCA General Secretary

Message from the General Secretary

A key objective for the World YWCA in 2011 has been to actively develop the leadership of women at all levels enabling them to become important actors in decision making and influencing change worldwide.

Key outcomes: An inspiring Movement Building and Leadership Pre-Council, attended

by some 350 participants, focused on transformative and intergenerational leadership, human rights and advocacy and good governance and accountability. Trainings were led by partner organisations and YWCAs and provided an interactive learning and discussion space.

Nearly 1,000 participants at the World Council Business Meeting and the International Women’s Summit benefitted from over 50 interactive Breakout Sessions and Skills Building Workshops organised by YWCAs and partners. These events provided a platform for sharing of best practices, developing advocacy strategies and increasing participants’ knowledge on the priority issues.

The first ever Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Strategy was launched at World Council and later during the Pacific Leaders Forum in September 2011, together with partner organisations and YWCAs in the region. It was also presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Strategy is the first of its kind and covers a region where more than half the population is under 25. Hundreds of young women from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand contributed to the development of the strategy, and a coalition of partners has been established to guide its implementation.

Thanks to our partners, including EED - Church Development Service and World Service Council, two young women were selected for a one-year internship at the World YWCA Office in Geneva and four short term interns participated in the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, USA, and at the World YWCA Council. The 20th anniversary of the internship programme was celebrated at World Council with an internship alumni gathering. A survey carried out among past participants highlighted that their internship experience had a fundamental impact on their lives, and the majority of former interns now hold significant leadership roles within their YWCAs or other organisations. This was confirmed when World YWCA 2011 intern, Jenta Tau, returned home in December 2011 and was appointed the new General Secretary of the YWCA of the Solomon Islands.

The Mary Robinson Award for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights was launched at World YWCA Council by Mary Robinson and Ambassador Sigrun Mogedal. The Award recognises the extraordinary leadership of young women worldwide on human rights and their innovation in changing lives and communities. Applications were received from 70 countries and the award recipients were Nancy Kapembwa (YWCA Zambia) and Jacinta Nyachae (AIDS Law Project, Kenya), as well as the YWCAs of Canada and Belize who received a joint award for creating enabling environments for young women’s leadership to flourish.

The World YWCA, in collaboration with European YWCAs, coordinated the European Young Women’s Study Session on Creating a World Without Violence, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, in July 2011. Participants shared knowledge and developed skills in various areas including human rights, project management and advocacy, and strengthened partnerships across Europe.

Paving the Way to Leadership

Impact through Advocacy

ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2011 - DECEMbER 2011

Synergy through Partnership

Working collaboratively with partner organisations and networks – whether corporate, international, non-governmental or ecumenical - is key to the success of the World YWCA’s advocacy and programme work.

Key outcomes: The World YWCA entered its third year of partnership with the David and

Lucile Packard Foundation. Extensive work on SRHR was carried out in eight YWCAs in Africa (Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia). Trainings were held at the grassroots level and at World Council to strengthen young women’s leadership on SRHR and HIV; technical support was provided for project design, monitoring and evaluation; young women were supported to engage in global and regional advocacy spaces; and monitoring visits were carried out to Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, where the positive impact of these projects was clearly witnessed. Several hundred young women and girls received training, and thus far the work in these eight countries has had an outreach of close to 30,000 people and a distribution of over 11,000 education and communication materials on SRHR and HIV.

The World YWCA continued to be an active member of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, which is guiding the implementation of the Operation Plan on HIV, Women, Girls and Gender Equality. The International Women’s Summit, where over 12 coalition partners participated, was also a key component of the Coalition’s work plan. At IWS a high level panel on SRHR and HIV was held, as well as a number of breakout sessions directly related to monitoring the outcomes of the High Level Meeting on HIV and the UNAIDS Operational Plan.

A new partnership was developed with the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) to consult with women in Africa around the implementation gaps in reaching the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action which will be under review in 2014.

A new partnership with AusAID began in 2011. The Mobilising Young Women Leaders and Advocacy Project focuses on 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific, including India, the Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. This cooperation develops young women's leadership on SRHR, gender based violence and HIV and AIDS and supports programmes in these countries.

At World Council 2011, the World YWCA and the Legacy Foundation launched a joint mentoring studio project and conducted 100 interviews of YWCA leaders of all ages to capture their stories and their impact on grassroots communities. This is designed to create an online platform for mentoring young women around the world.

Thanks to partners who continued to support and donate to the World YWCA’s Power to Change Fund, YWCA Member Associations were involved in, or directly carried out, a wide array of projects and trainings on topics including women’s leadership, SRHR and HIV awareness, capacity building, action against VAW, and human rights for women and girls. The support of donors enabled over 45,000 participants worldwide to benefit from these activities, with an overall outreach to over 160,000 people.

The “C” in our name remains a constant reminder of the values upon which the organisation was founded

and it guides the World YWCA movement in its leadership in ecumenical forums, both locally and globally.

Key outcomes: World Council was an opportunity for the World YWCA to strengthen

the development of a network of theologians to support work on

faith and women’s rights. Four women theologians held a session on

theology, SRHR and HIV, thanks to the support of the Dutch Inter-Church

Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO).

Each morning, worship was held at World YWCA Council and participants

were invited to reflect on whether a safer world is possible and how the YWCA

movement can contribute to build it. The dynamic reflections prepared by a team

of women from the YWCA-YMCA Switzerland included drama, mime and symbolic

actions, music from different parts of the world and multiple traditions, and examined

non-traditional images of God also found in the Scriptures.

The World YWCA participated in the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Senior Religious Leaders’ Working Group on HIV, which looks at the role of faith leaders in response to

HIV and AIDS.

The annual World YWCA-YMCA Week of Prayer took place in November and called for joint

prayer and reflection around the theme “A Voice to Influence: Young People Speaking Out for

Rights and Justice”. A special booklet was produced in English, French and Spanish and distributed

to the YWCA and YMCA movements.

Honouring our Faith

The Movement in Action

The focal point of this reporting period was the World YWCA Council, including the International Women’s Summit (IWS). Held from July 10-16, 2011, in Zurich, Switzerland, the event brought together almost 1,000 women and men from 97

countries, around the theme “Women Creating a Safe World”.

The World YWCA Council is a quadrennial legislative meeting of the World YWCA which brings together Member Associations from around the world. Its primary responsibility is to determine the policy, constitution, strategic direction and budget of the World YWCA for the coming four years. There were many highlights at this year’s meeting, including approving a new Strategic Framework with a strong human rights focus, electing a new President and Board, affiliating new Member Associations from Haiti and the US Virgin Islands and adopting resolutions on climate justice and the human rights situation in North Korea. In addition, a number of workshops and skills building sessions exchanged knowledge and experience across the movement and with partners.

The IWS was designed to mobilise women’s leadership to create a safe world for women to claim their rights. High-level leaders, including three former and first female presidents, Michelle Bachelet, Mary Robinson and Ruth Dreifuss, shared their vision with a captive audience, alongside young women working in communities to achieve change. Key themes of the plenary sessions were: Women Creating a Safe World; Securing Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Women; Putting an End to Violence against Women; Securing Justice; and

Claiming Safe Spaces for Women and Girls. Plenary and breakout sessions set a clear agenda for women’s leadership in creating a safe world and identifying key recommendations for governments, UN agencies, ecumenical partners and women’s organisations, including the YWCA.

The Summit affirmed the importance of women’s leadership, empowerment and rights in creating a world where peace, justice, freedom, dignity, health and care for the environment are upheld. IWS also resulted in a global call to action which is designed to feed into the post-2015 development framework and 20 years review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

This year’s Council clearly highlighted the World YWCA’s commitment to young women’s leadership and the significant place young women have in the movement. 45% of the new YWCA Board voted in at World Council are young women, and some 200 young women from all over the world participated in the Young Women’s Leadership Dialogue and contributed to the IWS, where young women’s voices were central in defining issues.

27th World YWCA Council andInternational Women’s Summit

Key outcomes: A new Strategic Framework for the

2012 – 2015 quadrennium was approved

at World Council. This framework prioritises

Young Women’s Leadership, SRHR and HIV

and Violence against Women, and will guide the

movement in its actions and priorities over the next

four years.

A movement-wide survey of the past four years resulted

in the World YWCA Four Year Report which compiled

data on global outreach and gave clear insight into the

organisation’s membership, activities and impact. It also

clearly highlighted the on-going development and growth of the

World YWCA over the period surveyed.

The World YWCA has begun implementing a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) in all of its work. A training session was held at

World Council and training tools and a manual to support monitoring

and evaluation were developed to inform and guide Member Associations

on this new approach and integrate this with results based management.

At World Council a four year Visioning Process was initiated to identify

the movement’s desired impact leading up to 2035 and building upon the

existing aim of developing the leadership and collective power of women

and girls worldwide. Members mapped the important issues in their

countries where YWCAs should be making an improvement.

Two new Member Associations – YWCA Haiti and the YWCA of the US Virgin

Islands – were affiliated at World Council, bringing the total number of

affiliated countries to 108. A further 12 associations are working towards

affiliation.

A report on the World YWCA Standards of Good Management (SGMA)

Self-Assessment by Member Associations over the quadrennium was

developed. It will serve as a guide to strengthening good governance and

accountability among YWCAs. The SGMA was also translated into French

and Spanish.

Though the World YWCA is over 150 years old, it is a movement that has evolved with its times, regularly renewing its priority areas and adapting to global changes by embracing the latest methodologies, technology and infrastructure so as to respond to the different needs of women, young women and girls.

World YWCA DirectoryWorld YWCA Board Members (elected in July 2011)

Officers:Deborah Thomas-Austin, President, Trinidad and Tobago Susan Brennan, Vice President, AustraliaTricia Gideon, Vice President, BelizeIda Ituze, Vice President, RwandaKirsty Kelly, Vice President, Great BritainJessica Notwell, Vice President, CanadaAndrea Nuñez Argote, Vice President, MexicoCarolyn Flowers, Treasurer, USA

World Board Members:Silvanna Ayaipoma de Mattos, PeruHaifa Baramki, PalestineBelinda Bennet, IndiaValerie Ho, TaiwanAnna-Kaisa Ikonen, FinlandAlice Iwebu-Kale, Solomon IslandsHoda Kamal El Mankabady, EgyptLuna Lee, USARebecca Phwitiko, MalawiMonika Simeon, NamibiaYoung Hee Won, KoreaGeeske Zanen, The Netherlands

World Office StaffGeneral SecretariatNyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, ZimbabweMichelle Higelin, Deputy General Secretary, Focal Point Europe, Australia Ana Villanueva, Executive Coordinator, ArgentinaFiona Wilkie, World Council Coordinator, Great Britain Marisa Ribordy, World Council Assistant, Switzerland (Until August 2011)

ProgrammeJuli Dugdale, Global Programme Manager Women's Leadership &

Movement Building; Focal Point Asia-Pacific, Australia Marie-Claude Julsaint, Global Programme Manager Violence Against

Women; Focal Point North America and Caribbean, HaitiHendrica Okondo, Global Programme Manager SRHR & HIV and AIDS;

Focal Point Africa, KenyaCaterina Lemp, Programme Officer Membership Support; Focal Point Latin

America, Chile Mandy Nogarede, Programme Officer Grant Management; Focal Point

Middle East, Great BritainPaola Salwan Daher, Programme Officer for Young Women, Focal Point for

Europe, Lebanon (until August 2011)

CommunicationsSylvie Jacquat, Communications Co-Director, Switzerland Vivian Hakkak, Communications Co-Director, SwitzerlandMaja Gosovic Rekovic, Communications Officer, Serbia

Finance and AdministrationJane Bennett, Director for Finance and Administration, IrelandAika-Ruwa Temu, Finance Officer, TanzaniaMarie-Antoinette Santschi, Personnel Assistant, SwitzerlandMarisa Ribordy, Personnel Assistant, Switzerland (as of Dec. 2011)

InternsJenta Tau, Solomon Islands (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Alemtsehay Zergaw, Ethiopia (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Nina Österholm, Finland (CSW 2011)Alifa Elrington, Belize (CSW 2011)Marcia Banasko, UK (as of Dec 2011)Juliana Chat Agurto (World Council)Liga Efeja, Latvia (World Council)Gwendoline Ashcroft (World Council)

Investment Advisory GroupCarol BaldiMurielle Joye (Chairperson)Sylvie PralongPhilip TreyvaudDominique de St Pierre

Volunteers and Consultants

The World YWCA expresses its heart-felt thanks to the many volunteers and consultants who contributed their time, energy and skills to the movement in 2011 supporting World Office operations, World Council preparations, capacity building and advocacy work: Dara Melati AbdoerrachmanAmy BaldersonJoanna BennettCéline BoissonDoreen BoydElaine CarlsonYoon-Young ChoeSarah DaviesSophie DilmitisCheryl EastonBonnie FatioVivianne FatzettiNathalie Fisher SpaltonArisbe Gomez de RaudaCatherine Graf Kaiza GrahamAberash GuramelSusan T. HowarthLucy IloenyosiFlorine JobinMuna Kaldawi-KillingbackMichael LawsonLaurence Levrat-Pictet

Sika LishomwaJuliarty MassonLiz NashVictoria NegreMarc NogaredeElisabeth NortonRuth OkothOlivia Orehag MatsdotterMildred PersingerFelicity RussellRoxy RussellDoris SalahMarianne Schörling-Ajayi Rebecca Anandi Smith Sophia SollaranoHendrik StroosmaConstance TateLaura VanzoMaritza VitelaRebecca ZornYWCA-YMCA Switzerland’s many ‘Helping Hands’ at 2011 Zurich World YWCA Council

DonorsThe World YWCA gratefully acknowledges and recognises the following partners for their contributions and support over the past year:

African Women’s Development Fund – GhanaARROW – MalaysiaAusAID – AustraliaEED – Church Development Service – GermanyEPER – Swiss Protestant Church – SwitzerlandHoryzon (YWCA/YMCA Switzerland)ICCO en KerkinActie – Netherland Member YWCAsNorwegian Church Aid – NorwayThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation – USAPacific Leadership Partnership (AUSAID)The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaUNFPA – GlobalY Global – NorwayWorld Day of Prayer – Germany

Focus of Power to Change Fund Projects

Priority Issues 2011

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Financial Overview

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT DECEMbER 31, 2011

December 31, 2011CHF

March 31, 2011CHF

ASSETS

Non Current Assets

Leasehold improvements, net 214,722 232,132

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 1,421,781 755,057

Available-for-sale financial assets 13,879,000 15,038,010

Accounts receivable 462,503 507,614

Withholding tax receivable 16,950 22,534

Prepayments 16,887 77,435

Total current assets 15,797,121 16,400,650

Total assets 16,011,843 16,632,782

FUND bALANCES AND RESERVES

Unrestricted funds

Endowment Fund 4,288,929 4,532,693

Other Reserves 266,978 584,003

Total unrestricted funds 4,555,907 5,116,696

Restricted funds

Specific Programme Funds 403,102 461,934

Leadership Permanent Funds 9,500,576 9,734,156

International Building Fund 187,104 178,846

J & U Porter Fund - Capital 191,563 192,081

Total restricted funds 10,282,345 10,567,017

Total fund balances and reserves 14,838,252 15,683,713

LIAbILITIES

Non Current Liabilities

Amounts held on behalf of member associations - long term portion

164,680 164,680

Donations received in advance - long term portion 102,934 112,291

Provision for pension benefits - 10,624

Total non current liabilities 267,614 287,595

Current Liabilities

Deferred income 12,868 45,218

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 199,961 173,670

Amounts held on behalf of member associations 680,671 430,109

Donations received in advance – Short term portion 12,477 12,477

Total current liabilities 905,977 661,474

Total Liabilities, funds balances and reserves 16,011,843 16,632,782

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Use Funds Total All Funds

Core Programme

Other Reserves

Endowment Fund

Leadership Permanent

Funds

Specific Programmes

International Building Fund

J & U Porter Funds

Apr-Dec2011 Apr10-Mar2011

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Membership Contributions 492 132,557 133,049 247,076

Ecumenical Support 198,113 724,478 922,591 1,312,761

Donations 32,633 9,095 939,826 981,554 892,789

Donations for New Headquarters 9,358 9,358 12,477

Legacies 65,210 65,210 949

Subtotal 305,806 - - 9,095 1,796,861 - - 2,111,762 2,466,052

Membership Affiliation Fees 441,804 441,804 754,388

Other income 13,620 11,629 256,168 281,417 274,985

Total support and revenue 761,230 11,629 - 9,095 2,053,029 - - 2,834,983 3,495,425

EXPENDITURES

Personnel costs (98,409) 10,624 (1,127,730) (1,215,515) (1,894,113)

Other administration costs (310,252) (15,000) (69,316) (81,150) (518) (476,236) (535,405)

Programme expenditure (980,985) (980,985) (364,283)

Funds Distributed to Member Associations (738,707) (738,707) (592,952)

Total expenditures (408,661) (4,376) - (69,316) (2,928,572) - (518) (3,411,443) (3,386,753)

NET FINANCE COSTS

Interest and dividend income 58,813 126,302 2,137 2,385 189,637 259,441

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale 16,731 35,930 52,661 102,746

Gain on foreign currency exchange 230,688 80,522 30,430 8,258 349,898 11,399

Loss on disposal of available-for-sale (10,709) (22,998) (33,707) (124,620)

Loss on foreign currency exchange (353,909) 415,963 (266,812) (2,492) (207,250) (1,437,630)

Impairment gain/ (loss) on available-for-sale (19,164) (19,164) 184,641

Total net finance costs (58,386) 396,799 - (47,056) 30,075 10,643 - 332,075 (1,004,023)

SURPLUS (DEFICIT) before undernoted items 294,183 404,052 - (107,277) (845,468) 10,643 (518) (244,385) (895,351)

CHANGES IN FUND bALANCES

Fund balances - start of year - 584,003 4,532,693 9,734,156 461,934 178,846 192,081 15,683,713 16,397,887

Adjustment for Available-for-sale Securities Reserves

(601,077) (601,077) 181,177

Inter-Fund transfers (547,305) (120,000) 9,358 (126,303) 786,635 (2,385) - -

Inter-Fund transfer to Core / from Endowment Fund 253,122 (253,122) - -

FUND bALANCES - END OF YEAR - 266,978 4,288,929 9,500,576 403,102 187,104 191,563 14,838,252 15,683,713

Balance Sheet (Swiss Francs)Statement of Support, Revenue and Expenditure and Changes in Fund Balances

for the Year Ended March 31, 2011 and 9 months ended December 31, 2011 (Swiss Francs)

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Ensuring that laws, policies and practices to protect and promote the human rights of women and children are implemented remains a constant focus for the World YWCA. Bringing the voices of local women into the global policy spaces, partnering

with other organisations to increase impact and strengthening the advocacy skills of women and girls worldwide are central to the organisation’s global strategy.

Key outcomes: In the context of World Council, the International Women’s Summit (IWS)

brought together close to 1,000 participants and a number of high profile keynote speakers and activists, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership, safe spaces and effective responses to Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health (SRHR), HIV and Violence against Women (VAW). IWS strengthened partnerships in priority areas and set an agenda for women’s leadership, rights and empowerment over the next decade.

The Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, was an important platform where young women participating in the World YWCA internship programme were able to have a voice on the issues facing women and young women in their countries and regions, including harmful practices against the girl child in Ethiopia and the high prevalence of violence against women in the Pacific. The World YWCA also contributed to the development of a resolution adopted in the June session relating to protection mechanisms for addressing VAW.

The World YWCA was elected to chair the NGO Committee on the Status of Women in Geneva, and the working groups on VAW and Peace. As part of these responsibilities, the World YWCA was active in preparations for the 56th session of CSW in New York, delivered the NGO statement for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and hosted the CEDAW Committee during their November meeting in Geneva.

The World YWCA leads a partnership between the YWCAs of Sudan, Sri Lanka and Palestine, supported by FOKUS and Y-Global, which strengthens women’s capacity to advocate for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. The group shared its work at World Council 2011 and a solidarity visit and partner’s meeting were held in Sri Lanka in December 2011 to build awareness around the situation faced by women in Northern Sri Lanka and the YWCA’s response. Young women from Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe participated in the visit and presented at the Sthree Mela Conference.

The World YWCA is increasingly recognised as a leading expert on SRHR and HIV and was invited, along with the YWCAs of Peru and Colombia to speak at the civil society hearing leading up to the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS of UN Member States.

The World YWCA was invited as a representative of civil society organisations to participate in the High Level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women and Children’s Health, which developed recommendations for monitoring the investment of USD 40 billion on health improvements.

Sexual and Reproductive Healthand Rights and HIV

Economic empowerment andcommunity development

Young Women

Violence against Women and Peace with Justice

9%

27%

30%

34%

IMPACT STATEMENT: Women, young women and girls in our diversity successfully claim our rights as empowered leaders, decision-makers and change agents responding to the issues affecting our lives and communities.

The World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA) is a global women’s rights movement leading social and economic change in over 120 countries worldwide. Operating at the community level, the YWCA works in 22,000 communities and reaches some 25 million women and girls worldwide through its advocacy programmes and services.

Founded and inspired by Christian principles and a commitment to women’s full and equal participation in society, the World YWCA is inclusive of women from diverse faiths, backgrounds and cultures and operates with integrity and responsible accountability within a human rights based framework.

World YWCA Strategic Directions 2012-2015 Vision: A fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and

sustained by women’s leadership.

Purpose: To develop leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and a sustainable environment for all people.

About the World YWCAGoals: Women, young women and girls exercise leadership in our lives

and communities and advocate for our rights

The social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of women, young women and girls are promoted and protected through advocacy programmes and services

The World YWCA movement effectively fulfils its purpose to develop the leadership of women and girls by functioning at the highest level of organisational

accountability

Programme priorities:

Young Women’s Leadership

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV

Violence against Women

2011 was a special year for the World YWCA as it was a World Council year. It is a unique event, which brings together the YWCA

movement, active today in over 120 countries, and builds momentum, unity and a common direction towards advancing our shared vision. This year crucial decisions were made, directions defined, resolutions passed and opinions voiced, and a process for envisioning the future was initiated.

The World Council also included the 4th International Women’s Summit - an opportunity to strengthen relationships, and share experiences with our many long term partners without whose support we would not have the capacity to carry out our work worldwide. High-level speakers alongside young women leaders debated on women’s issues. They shaped a global agenda for the rights, leadership and empowerment of women and girls, a significant contribution to the post-2015 development framework and the 20 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

The World YWCA Council reinforced the YWCA’s important role worldwide, and the growing need to lift our global voices around urgent issues such as sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV and violence against women and girls – concerns which were addressed from the angle of the theme of World Council, “Women Creating a Safe World”.

With a new President and Board elected at World Council, the organisation took a fresh start. Out of 20 Board members, 45% are young women. This reinforced

the World YWCA’s commitment to empower young women through leadership opportunities and ensure their influence on the organisation’s future direction. For over 150 years the YWCA has been leading the way and striving for the empowerment of young women in communities across the world.

Building upon this momentum, the World YWCA rolled out its strategic and dynamic action plan at World Council. Advancing women’s rights - in particular, sexual and reproductive rights, freedom from violence and women’s right to equitable participation in decision making - is central to the work of the YWCA movement and during the reporting period, the organisation integrated a human rights based approach to its work, as an underlying principle of its new Strategic Framework for 2012-2015.

An organisation is made special by the people that contribute and work towards its success. It is our dedicated and talented staff, the multitude of hard working volunteers and Member Associations, World Council host Association the YMCA-YWCA Switzerland, our friends, partners and donors who have made this year a success. Without their expertise, skills, time, commitment and contribution, we would not have achieved all that we have.

It was also a joy to share leadership with the outgoing World YWCA Board led by President Susan Brennan, and to welcome the new leaders of our movement led by Dr Deborah Thomas-Austin.

Thank you for your support in 2011 and for contributing towards women creating a safe world.

Nyaradzayi GumbonzvandaWorld YWCA General Secretary

Message from the General Secretary

A key objective for the World YWCA in 2011 has been to actively develop the leadership of women at all levels enabling them to become important actors in decision making and influencing change worldwide.

Key outcomes: An inspiring Movement Building and Leadership Pre-Council, attended

by some 350 participants, focused on transformative and intergenerational leadership, human rights and advocacy and good governance and accountability. Trainings were led by partner organisations and YWCAs and provided an interactive learning and discussion space.

Nearly 1,000 participants at the World Council Business Meeting and the International Women’s Summit benefitted from over 50 interactive Breakout Sessions and Skills Building Workshops organised by YWCAs and partners. These events provided a platform for sharing of best practices, developing advocacy strategies and increasing participants’ knowledge on the priority issues.

The first ever Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Strategy was launched at World Council and later during the Pacific Leaders Forum in September 2011, together with partner organisations and YWCAs in the region. It was also presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Strategy is the first of its kind and covers a region where more than half the population is under 25. Hundreds of young women from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand contributed to the development of the strategy, and a coalition of partners has been established to guide its implementation.

Thanks to our partners, including EED - Church Development Service and World Service Council, two young women were selected for a one-year internship at the World YWCA Office in Geneva and four short term interns participated in the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, USA, and at the World YWCA Council. The 20th anniversary of the internship programme was celebrated at World Council with an internship alumni gathering. A survey carried out among past participants highlighted that their internship experience had a fundamental impact on their lives, and the majority of former interns now hold significant leadership roles within their YWCAs or other organisations. This was confirmed when World YWCA 2011 intern, Jenta Tau, returned home in December 2011 and was appointed the new General Secretary of the YWCA of the Solomon Islands.

The Mary Robinson Award for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights was launched at World YWCA Council by Mary Robinson and Ambassador Sigrun Mogedal. The Award recognises the extraordinary leadership of young women worldwide on human rights and their innovation in changing lives and communities. Applications were received from 70 countries and the award recipients were Nancy Kapembwa (YWCA Zambia) and Jacinta Nyachae (AIDS Law Project, Kenya), as well as the YWCAs of Canada and Belize who received a joint award for creating enabling environments for young women’s leadership to flourish.

The World YWCA, in collaboration with European YWCAs, coordinated the European Young Women’s Study Session on Creating a World Without Violence, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, in July 2011. Participants shared knowledge and developed skills in various areas including human rights, project management and advocacy, and strengthened partnerships across Europe.

Paving the Way to Leadership

Impact through Advocacy

ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2011 - DECEMbER 2011

Synergy through Partnership

Working collaboratively with partner organisations and networks – whether corporate, international, non-governmental or ecumenical - is key to the success of the World YWCA’s advocacy and programme work.

Key outcomes: The World YWCA entered its third year of partnership with the David and

Lucile Packard Foundation. Extensive work on SRHR was carried out in eight YWCAs in Africa (Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia). Trainings were held at the grassroots level and at World Council to strengthen young women’s leadership on SRHR and HIV; technical support was provided for project design, monitoring and evaluation; young women were supported to engage in global and regional advocacy spaces; and monitoring visits were carried out to Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, where the positive impact of these projects was clearly witnessed. Several hundred young women and girls received training, and thus far the work in these eight countries has had an outreach of close to 30,000 people and a distribution of over 11,000 education and communication materials on SRHR and HIV.

The World YWCA continued to be an active member of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, which is guiding the implementation of the Operation Plan on HIV, Women, Girls and Gender Equality. The International Women’s Summit, where over 12 coalition partners participated, was also a key component of the Coalition’s work plan. At IWS a high level panel on SRHR and HIV was held, as well as a number of breakout sessions directly related to monitoring the outcomes of the High Level Meeting on HIV and the UNAIDS Operational Plan.

A new partnership was developed with the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) to consult with women in Africa around the implementation gaps in reaching the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action which will be under review in 2014.

A new partnership with AusAID began in 2011. The Mobilising Young Women Leaders and Advocacy Project focuses on 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific, including India, the Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. This cooperation develops young women's leadership on SRHR, gender based violence and HIV and AIDS and supports programmes in these countries.

At World Council 2011, the World YWCA and the Legacy Foundation launched a joint mentoring studio project and conducted 100 interviews of YWCA leaders of all ages to capture their stories and their impact on grassroots communities. This is designed to create an online platform for mentoring young women around the world.

Thanks to partners who continued to support and donate to the World YWCA’s Power to Change Fund, YWCA Member Associations were involved in, or directly carried out, a wide array of projects and trainings on topics including women’s leadership, SRHR and HIV awareness, capacity building, action against VAW, and human rights for women and girls. The support of donors enabled over 45,000 participants worldwide to benefit from these activities, with an overall outreach to over 160,000 people.

The “C” in our name remains a constant reminder of the values upon which the organisation was founded

and it guides the World YWCA movement in its leadership in ecumenical forums, both locally and globally.

Key outcomes: World Council was an opportunity for the World YWCA to strengthen

the development of a network of theologians to support work on

faith and women’s rights. Four women theologians held a session on

theology, SRHR and HIV, thanks to the support of the Dutch Inter-Church

Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO).

Each morning, worship was held at World YWCA Council and participants

were invited to reflect on whether a safer world is possible and how the YWCA

movement can contribute to build it. The dynamic reflections prepared by a team

of women from the YWCA-YMCA Switzerland included drama, mime and symbolic

actions, music from different parts of the world and multiple traditions, and examined

non-traditional images of God also found in the Scriptures.

The World YWCA participated in the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Senior Religious Leaders’ Working Group on HIV, which looks at the role of faith leaders in response to

HIV and AIDS.

The annual World YWCA-YMCA Week of Prayer took place in November and called for joint

prayer and reflection around the theme “A Voice to Influence: Young People Speaking Out for

Rights and Justice”. A special booklet was produced in English, French and Spanish and distributed

to the YWCA and YMCA movements.

Honouring our Faith

The Movement in Action

The focal point of this reporting period was the World YWCA Council, including the International Women’s Summit (IWS). Held from July 10-16, 2011, in Zurich, Switzerland, the event brought together almost 1,000 women and men from 97

countries, around the theme “Women Creating a Safe World”.

The World YWCA Council is a quadrennial legislative meeting of the World YWCA which brings together Member Associations from around the world. Its primary responsibility is to determine the policy, constitution, strategic direction and budget of the World YWCA for the coming four years. There were many highlights at this year’s meeting, including approving a new Strategic Framework with a strong human rights focus, electing a new President and Board, affiliating new Member Associations from Haiti and the US Virgin Islands and adopting resolutions on climate justice and the human rights situation in North Korea. In addition, a number of workshops and skills building sessions exchanged knowledge and experience across the movement and with partners.

The IWS was designed to mobilise women’s leadership to create a safe world for women to claim their rights. High-level leaders, including three former and first female presidents, Michelle Bachelet, Mary Robinson and Ruth Dreifuss, shared their vision with a captive audience, alongside young women working in communities to achieve change. Key themes of the plenary sessions were: Women Creating a Safe World; Securing Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Women; Putting an End to Violence against Women; Securing Justice; and

Claiming Safe Spaces for Women and Girls. Plenary and breakout sessions set a clear agenda for women’s leadership in creating a safe world and identifying key recommendations for governments, UN agencies, ecumenical partners and women’s organisations, including the YWCA.

The Summit affirmed the importance of women’s leadership, empowerment and rights in creating a world where peace, justice, freedom, dignity, health and care for the environment are upheld. IWS also resulted in a global call to action which is designed to feed into the post-2015 development framework and 20 years review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

This year’s Council clearly highlighted the World YWCA’s commitment to young women’s leadership and the significant place young women have in the movement. 45% of the new YWCA Board voted in at World Council are young women, and some 200 young women from all over the world participated in the Young Women’s Leadership Dialogue and contributed to the IWS, where young women’s voices were central in defining issues.

27th World YWCA Council andInternational Women’s Summit

Key outcomes: A new Strategic Framework for the

2012 – 2015 quadrennium was approved

at World Council. This framework prioritises

Young Women’s Leadership, SRHR and HIV

and Violence against Women, and will guide the

movement in its actions and priorities over the next

four years.

A movement-wide survey of the past four years resulted

in the World YWCA Four Year Report which compiled

data on global outreach and gave clear insight into the

organisation’s membership, activities and impact. It also

clearly highlighted the on-going development and growth of the

World YWCA over the period surveyed.

The World YWCA has begun implementing a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) in all of its work. A training session was held at

World Council and training tools and a manual to support monitoring

and evaluation were developed to inform and guide Member Associations

on this new approach and integrate this with results based management.

At World Council a four year Visioning Process was initiated to identify

the movement’s desired impact leading up to 2035 and building upon the

existing aim of developing the leadership and collective power of women

and girls worldwide. Members mapped the important issues in their

countries where YWCAs should be making an improvement.

Two new Member Associations – YWCA Haiti and the YWCA of the US Virgin

Islands – were affiliated at World Council, bringing the total number of

affiliated countries to 108. A further 12 associations are working towards

affiliation.

A report on the World YWCA Standards of Good Management (SGMA)

Self-Assessment by Member Associations over the quadrennium was

developed. It will serve as a guide to strengthening good governance and

accountability among YWCAs. The SGMA was also translated into French

and Spanish.

Though the World YWCA is over 150 years old, it is a movement that has evolved with its times, regularly renewing its priority areas and adapting to global changes by embracing the latest methodologies, technology and infrastructure so as to respond to the different needs of women, young women and girls.

World YWCA DirectoryWorld YWCA Board Members (elected in July 2011)

Officers:Deborah Thomas-Austin, President, Trinidad and Tobago Susan Brennan, Vice President, AustraliaTricia Gideon, Vice President, BelizeIda Ituze, Vice President, RwandaKirsty Kelly, Vice President, Great BritainJessica Notwell, Vice President, CanadaAndrea Nuñez Argote, Vice President, MexicoCarolyn Flowers, Treasurer, USA

World Board Members:Silvanna Ayaipoma de Mattos, PeruHaifa Baramki, PalestineBelinda Bennet, IndiaValerie Ho, TaiwanAnna-Kaisa Ikonen, FinlandAlice Iwebu-Kale, Solomon IslandsHoda Kamal El Mankabady, EgyptLuna Lee, USARebecca Phwitiko, MalawiMonika Simeon, NamibiaYoung Hee Won, KoreaGeeske Zanen, The Netherlands

World Office StaffGeneral SecretariatNyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, ZimbabweMichelle Higelin, Deputy General Secretary, Focal Point Europe, Australia Ana Villanueva, Executive Coordinator, ArgentinaFiona Wilkie, World Council Coordinator, Great Britain Marisa Ribordy, World Council Assistant, Switzerland (Until August 2011)

ProgrammeJuli Dugdale, Global Programme Manager Women's Leadership &

Movement Building; Focal Point Asia-Pacific, Australia Marie-Claude Julsaint, Global Programme Manager Violence Against

Women; Focal Point North America and Caribbean, HaitiHendrica Okondo, Global Programme Manager SRHR & HIV and AIDS;

Focal Point Africa, KenyaCaterina Lemp, Programme Officer Membership Support; Focal Point Latin

America, Chile Mandy Nogarede, Programme Officer Grant Management; Focal Point

Middle East, Great BritainPaola Salwan Daher, Programme Officer for Young Women, Focal Point for

Europe, Lebanon (until August 2011)

CommunicationsSylvie Jacquat, Communications Co-Director, Switzerland Vivian Hakkak, Communications Co-Director, SwitzerlandMaja Gosovic Rekovic, Communications Officer, Serbia

Finance and AdministrationJane Bennett, Director for Finance and Administration, IrelandAika-Ruwa Temu, Finance Officer, TanzaniaMarie-Antoinette Santschi, Personnel Assistant, SwitzerlandMarisa Ribordy, Personnel Assistant, Switzerland (as of Dec. 2011)

InternsJenta Tau, Solomon Islands (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Alemtsehay Zergaw, Ethiopia (Jan.-Dec. 2011)Nina Österholm, Finland (CSW 2011)Alifa Elrington, Belize (CSW 2011)Marcia Banasko, UK (as of Dec 2011)Juliana Chat Agurto (World Council)Liga Efeja, Latvia (World Council)Gwendoline Ashcroft (World Council)

Investment Advisory GroupCarol BaldiMurielle Joye (Chairperson)Sylvie PralongPhilip TreyvaudDominique de St Pierre

Volunteers and Consultants

The World YWCA expresses its heart-felt thanks to the many volunteers and consultants who contributed their time, energy and skills to the movement in 2011 supporting World Office operations, World Council preparations, capacity building and advocacy work: Dara Melati AbdoerrachmanAmy BaldersonJoanna BennettCéline BoissonDoreen BoydElaine CarlsonYoon-Young ChoeSarah DaviesSophie DilmitisCheryl EastonBonnie FatioVivianne FatzettiNathalie Fisher SpaltonArisbe Gomez de RaudaCatherine Graf Kaiza GrahamAberash GuramelSusan T. HowarthLucy IloenyosiFlorine JobinMuna Kaldawi-KillingbackMichael LawsonLaurence Levrat-Pictet

Sika LishomwaJuliarty MassonLiz NashVictoria NegreMarc NogaredeElisabeth NortonRuth OkothOlivia Orehag MatsdotterMildred PersingerFelicity RussellRoxy RussellDoris SalahMarianne Schörling-Ajayi Rebecca Anandi Smith Sophia SollaranoHendrik StroosmaConstance TateLaura VanzoMaritza VitelaRebecca ZornYWCA-YMCA Switzerland’s many ‘Helping Hands’ at 2011 Zurich World YWCA Council

DonorsThe World YWCA gratefully acknowledges and recognises the following partners for their contributions and support over the past year:

African Women’s Development Fund – GhanaARROW – MalaysiaAusAID – AustraliaEED – Church Development Service – GermanyEPER – Swiss Protestant Church – SwitzerlandHoryzon (YWCA/YMCA Switzerland)ICCO en KerkinActie – Netherland Member YWCAsNorwegian Church Aid – NorwayThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation – USAPacific Leadership Partnership (AUSAID)The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaUNFPA – GlobalY Global – NorwayWorld Day of Prayer – Germany

Focus of Power to Change Fund Projects

Priority Issues 2011

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Financial Overview

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT DECEMbER 31, 2011

December 31, 2011CHF

March 31, 2011CHF

ASSETS

Non Current Assets

Leasehold improvements, net 214,722 232,132

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 1,421,781 755,057

Available-for-sale financial assets 13,879,000 15,038,010

Accounts receivable 462,503 507,614

Withholding tax receivable 16,950 22,534

Prepayments 16,887 77,435

Total current assets 15,797,121 16,400,650

Total assets 16,011,843 16,632,782

FUND bALANCES AND RESERVES

Unrestricted funds

Endowment Fund 4,288,929 4,532,693

Other Reserves 266,978 584,003

Total unrestricted funds 4,555,907 5,116,696

Restricted funds

Specific Programme Funds 403,102 461,934

Leadership Permanent Funds 9,500,576 9,734,156

International Building Fund 187,104 178,846

J & U Porter Fund - Capital 191,563 192,081

Total restricted funds 10,282,345 10,567,017

Total fund balances and reserves 14,838,252 15,683,713

LIAbILITIES

Non Current Liabilities

Amounts held on behalf of member associations - long term portion

164,680 164,680

Donations received in advance - long term portion 102,934 112,291

Provision for pension benefits - 10,624

Total non current liabilities 267,614 287,595

Current Liabilities

Deferred income 12,868 45,218

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 199,961 173,670

Amounts held on behalf of member associations 680,671 430,109

Donations received in advance – Short term portion 12,477 12,477

Total current liabilities 905,977 661,474

Total Liabilities, funds balances and reserves 16,011,843 16,632,782

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Use Funds Total All Funds

Core Programme

Other Reserves

Endowment Fund

Leadership Permanent

Funds

Specific Programmes

International Building Fund

J & U Porter Funds

Apr-Dec2011 Apr10-Mar2011

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Membership Contributions 492 132,557 133,049 247,076

Ecumenical Support 198,113 724,478 922,591 1,312,761

Donations 32,633 9,095 939,826 981,554 892,789

Donations for New Headquarters 9,358 9,358 12,477

Legacies 65,210 65,210 949

Subtotal 305,806 - - 9,095 1,796,861 - - 2,111,762 2,466,052

Membership Affiliation Fees 441,804 441,804 754,388

Other income 13,620 11,629 256,168 281,417 274,985

Total support and revenue 761,230 11,629 - 9,095 2,053,029 - - 2,834,983 3,495,425

EXPENDITURES

Personnel costs (98,409) 10,624 (1,127,730) (1,215,515) (1,894,113)

Other administration costs (310,252) (15,000) (69,316) (81,150) (518) (476,236) (535,405)

Programme expenditure (980,985) (980,985) (364,283)

Funds Distributed to Member Associations (738,707) (738,707) (592,952)

Total expenditures (408,661) (4,376) - (69,316) (2,928,572) - (518) (3,411,443) (3,386,753)

NET FINANCE COSTS

Interest and dividend income 58,813 126,302 2,137 2,385 189,637 259,441

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale 16,731 35,930 52,661 102,746

Gain on foreign currency exchange 230,688 80,522 30,430 8,258 349,898 11,399

Loss on disposal of available-for-sale (10,709) (22,998) (33,707) (124,620)

Loss on foreign currency exchange (353,909) 415,963 (266,812) (2,492) (207,250) (1,437,630)

Impairment gain/ (loss) on available-for-sale (19,164) (19,164) 184,641

Total net finance costs (58,386) 396,799 - (47,056) 30,075 10,643 - 332,075 (1,004,023)

SURPLUS (DEFICIT) before undernoted items 294,183 404,052 - (107,277) (845,468) 10,643 (518) (244,385) (895,351)

CHANGES IN FUND bALANCES

Fund balances - start of year - 584,003 4,532,693 9,734,156 461,934 178,846 192,081 15,683,713 16,397,887

Adjustment for Available-for-sale Securities Reserves

(601,077) (601,077) 181,177

Inter-Fund transfers (547,305) (120,000) 9,358 (126,303) 786,635 (2,385) - -

Inter-Fund transfer to Core / from Endowment Fund 253,122 (253,122) - -

FUND bALANCES - END OF YEAR - 266,978 4,288,929 9,500,576 403,102 187,104 191,563 14,838,252 15,683,713

Balance Sheet (Swiss Francs)Statement of Support, Revenue and Expenditure and Changes in Fund Balances

for the Year Ended March 31, 2011 and 9 months ended December 31, 2011 (Swiss Francs)

The full audited accounts are available on request.

Ensuring that laws, policies and practices to protect and promote the human rights of women and children are implemented remains a constant focus for the World YWCA. Bringing the voices of local women into the global policy spaces, partnering

with other organisations to increase impact and strengthening the advocacy skills of women and girls worldwide are central to the organisation’s global strategy.

Key outcomes: In the context of World Council, the International Women’s Summit (IWS)

brought together close to 1,000 participants and a number of high profile keynote speakers and activists, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership, safe spaces and effective responses to Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health (SRHR), HIV and Violence against Women (VAW). IWS strengthened partnerships in priority areas and set an agenda for women’s leadership, rights and empowerment over the next decade.

The Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, was an important platform where young women participating in the World YWCA internship programme were able to have a voice on the issues facing women and young women in their countries and regions, including harmful practices against the girl child in Ethiopia and the high prevalence of violence against women in the Pacific. The World YWCA also contributed to the development of a resolution adopted in the June session relating to protection mechanisms for addressing VAW.

The World YWCA was elected to chair the NGO Committee on the Status of Women in Geneva, and the working groups on VAW and Peace. As part of these responsibilities, the World YWCA was active in preparations for the 56th session of CSW in New York, delivered the NGO statement for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and hosted the CEDAW Committee during their November meeting in Geneva.

The World YWCA leads a partnership between the YWCAs of Sudan, Sri Lanka and Palestine, supported by FOKUS and Y-Global, which strengthens women’s capacity to advocate for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. The group shared its work at World Council 2011 and a solidarity visit and partner’s meeting were held in Sri Lanka in December 2011 to build awareness around the situation faced by women in Northern Sri Lanka and the YWCA’s response. Young women from Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe participated in the visit and presented at the Sthree Mela Conference.

The World YWCA is increasingly recognised as a leading expert on SRHR and HIV and was invited, along with the YWCAs of Peru and Colombia to speak at the civil society hearing leading up to the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS of UN Member States.

The World YWCA was invited as a representative of civil society organisations to participate in the High Level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women and Children’s Health, which developed recommendations for monitoring the investment of USD 40 billion on health improvements.

Sexual and Reproductive Healthand Rights and HIV

Economic empowerment andcommunity development

Young Women

Violence against Women and Peace with Justice

9%

27%

30%

34%

IMPACT STATEMENT: Women, young women and girls in our diversity successfully claim our rights as empowered leaders, decision-makers and change agents responding to the issues affecting our lives and communities.