World YWCA

What it reported doing in 2024

Young women for awareness, agency, advocacy and accountability (yw4a) the world ywca-led consortium continues to strengthen young women's leadership and advocacy capacity, anchoring its work in partnerships with women's rights organisations (wros), faith-based actors, and legal and policy experts. Through this model, young women advanced advocacy, accountability, and gender-transformative change across egypt, kenya, palestine, and south sudan in 2024, focusing on participatory advocacy and ending sexual and gender-based violence (sgbv). (continued on schedule o)the programme's approach remains grounded in collaboration, drawing on the combined capacity of young women, wros, and faith allies to influence laws, shift norms, and mobilise communities for sustained change.impact in 20241. Strengthening organisational and advocacy capacity- 18 wros participated in advocacy and organisational capacity assessments (aoca), with 83% meeting or exceeding institutional advancement targets.- wros engaged in 22 coalitions and networks, including national advocacy platforms in kenya, egypt, south sudan, and palestine.- evidence-based advocacy was strengthened through documentation of violations (e.g. 15 cases in kisii, kenya; 5 cases of sexual harassment in meru schools).2. Advancing young women's transformative leadership- the programme reached 11,624 young women across the four countries (an increase from 9,711 in 2023).- leadership activities included: - riseup! Refresher camps in egypt. - tot training in palestine, equipping 21 young women to facilitate leadership and advocacy spaces. - media advocacy training in palestine and turkey for 14 young women, producing digital campaigns and short films.- young women designed and led over 150 community initiatives, including 33 in palestine alone. These ranged from awareness campaigns to policy advocacy around inheritance, guardianship, political participation, and documenting human rights violations.- in kenya, fem spaces and inua mama mjane hubs integrated economic strengthening, civic education, and self-defence training as strategies to reduce risks of violence.3. Engaging faith-based actors in norm change- 320+ faith leaders participated in interfaith dialogues and national consultations.- in kenya, yw4a faith partners engaged in a national roundtable on femicide and gbv (february 2024), which led to the formation of a multi-stakeholder task force on femicide prevention.- in palestine, the al-hakimat interfaith council convened high-level meetings with judicial and government leaders, and advanced a policy brief on child marriage risks during the gaza war.- the 5th annual conference on gender justice (dec 2024, palestine), held during the 16 days of activism, spotlighted the war's devastating impact on women and girls. Young women co-led sessions, alongside judges somoud damiri and scarlet bishara, as well as high-level faith and legal leaders.- globally, faith to action network launched "women's rights in islam" (2024), a reference text for muslim scholars and advocates on gender justice.4. Influencing laws and policiesyw4a supported significant legal and policy processes in 2024:- egypt: a joint submission to the committee on the rights of the child (crc) on guardianship rights, child marriage, inheritance, and online sexual exploitation.- kenya: development of county-level advocacy (e.g., kisii position paper on youth leadership) and implementation of the meru sgbv policy.- palestine: drafting of advocacy plans, media advocacy campaigns, and sustained lobbying for family protection law and reform of discriminatory clauses in the child marriage law.- south sudan: young women advocated during radio campaigns on positive masculinities and the girl child bill as part of the 16 days of activism.- regionally, young women and wros engaged the african union commission's office of legal counsel (oct 2024), influencing discussions on the maputo protocol's implementation.- globally, young women pa

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 73.3%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $51.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Pass
  • Conducts field audits: Limited
  • May suspend future funding: Limited
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Limited
  • Requires grant agreements: Pass
  • May require repayment: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 96.6%; rating input score 97; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -47.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.64; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 30.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings