YWCA
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries.
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YWCA| Young Women's Christian Association |
| Founded | 1855; 170 years ago |
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| Founded at | London, United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Region | Worldwide |
| Website | www.worldywca.org |
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The World office is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland, and the nonprofit is headquartered in Washington, DC.
The YWCA is independent of the YMCA, but a few local and national YMCA and YWCA associations have merged into YM/YWCAs or YMCA-YWCAs and belong to both organizations, while providing the programs from each (an example being Sweden, which did so in 1966).