An invitation: Join us to discuss the proposed new affiliation fee formulas

To voting delegates of affiliated member associations,

We invite you to participate in the dialogue and vote on the proposed new affiliation fee formula. The World YWCA board recognises the importance of membership dialogue before making a decision on the formula’s options. For this reason, we are planning virtual conversations by region/languageduring the last week of May.

We hope that these exchanges will enable you to discuss the options and reflect together on the affiliation fee formula’s proposals.

These conversations are scheduled to take place as follows:

  • Middle East – 29th May 10am (CEST) - access to time conversion here
  • Caribbean –29thMay 4pm (CEST) - access to time conversion here
  • Africa –30thMay 11am (CEST) – access to time conversion here andhere
  • Europe - 30th May 2pm (CEST) - access to time conversion here and here
  • Latin America SPANISH- 30th May 5pm (CEST) - access to time conversion here
  • Pacific – 31stMay 8am (CEST)access to time conversion here
  • Asia – 31stMay 10am (CEST) - access to time conversion here and here
  • Africa FRENCH – 31st May 12pm (CEST)access to time conversion here
  • North America–31st May 3pm (CEST) - access to time conversion here

CEST: Central European Summer Time

All conversations will take place via GoToMeeting, (please see the instructions on how to join the meeting on the Member’s Forum of the World YWCA website at )If youplan to join one of the sessions please, send an email with your name, name of your member association, and day/time preference to Amany Abuawad (). You will receive access details for GoToMeeting after you have registered. If you are not available at the date and time of your regional dialogue, you are also welcome to join any of the other regional dialogues.The dialogues will be available afterwards in recorded form should you wish to listen them.

All the documentation related to the dialogue and vote on the proposed new affiliation fee formula are available in the member’s forum section of our website. You can also ask questions or comment about the proposals on this section of our website. For any questions related to the regional dialogues please contact Amany Abuawad at

We look forwardto your active and meaningful participation in this important process for the movement’s sustainability.

Sincerely,

World YWCA