YWCA of Bangladesh
As a non-profit voluntary women’s organization, the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) came into being in this part of the world in the year 1961 as a branch of Pakistan YWCA. Since then it has been working counting on collective action for empowerment and development of the lives of women, girls and children irrespective of caste, creed or religion. After emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, YWCA of Bangladesh was rejuvenated with an independent movement in an independent country and ensured its resourceful existence phenomenally in the world. The YWCA of Bangladesh got affiliated with World YWCA in the year of 1979. Nowadays, it has been a thriving and wide-spreading organization dedicated to social pragmatic change in true sense.
List of Local YWCAs
YWCA Formed Affiliated to National YWCA
Dhaka 1961 1979
Barisal 1972 1979
Chittagong 1973 1979
Pabna 1979 1980
Comilla 1979 1981
Khulna 1981 1983
Birisiri 1982 1986
Chandpur 1985 1988
Gopalganj 1990 1995
Dinajpur 1990 1995
Jessore 1995 2000
Khagrachari 1997 2000
Savar 2004 2009
Through a development lens, YWCA of Bangladesh is always striving to be an active partner in establishing peace, justice and human dignity supplementing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a whole. With an attendance of 27 members in the years of 1961, it, at the present, has 2257 members and 748 staff. It is carrying out a range of pro-poor and community development oriented programs and activities catering to more than 85,000 women, young girls and children teaming up with 13 local branches in 12 districts of the country. |