YWCA of Aotearoa
[August 2002] The YWCA of Aotearoa - New Zealand works to empower women, especially young women, by enhancing their spiritual, physical, mental and cultural well-being. The YWCA consists of 10 local autonomous associations from Whangarei to Dunedin and a national association based in Wellington, which links to the 92 other national YWCAs in the world.
This website has several main pages. One section provides information about the YWCA itself — its campaigns, herstory, contact information. The YWCA has several hostels and the website has descriptions and rates for each.
There are also descriptions of the several free zines available and information on how to be added to the mailing list, and in some cases, on how to contribute. Another page has information about a book of creative writing and how to order it.
A list of carefully chosen links rounds out the site, apart from a password protected area for members.
Most of the pages load quickly and are easy to read, though the navigation is rather confused and confusing, varying significantly from one page to another.
Unfortunately some of the pictures are missing their alt text, including, crucially, a link to a Media Kit for the Week Against Violence campaign. This media kit seems to have an enormous amount of useful information, but its layout is rather odd and again the navigation is confusing. A PDF version of the kit would have been useful for those wanting to print it.
This simple site should appeal to its target audience of young women, but could be more easily useful if the navigation were sorted out.
http://www.ywca.org.nz/