A Brilliant Week of Bioethics
We just wrapped up our 4th Annual International Summer School of Bioethics and Human Rights. This year’s summer school—held in Šibenik, Croatia from August 5-11—was hosted by WYA Croatia and WYA Europe, supported by the Stiftung Ja Zum Leben. The focus was on abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia, population control policies, and totalitarian ideologies. Forty […]
From Philia to Building Friendships Among Nations and Cultures
Once a year we celebrate the International Day of Friendship, which recognizes the role of friendship in building peace amongst people of different cultures. Friendship serves as a bridge to maintain peace and combat prejudices, where solidarity and mutual understanding are at the foundation of our existence as human beings. In addition to contributing to […]
WYA Europe Welcomes First Batch of Interns for 2022
For the first period of 2022, both regional office – WYA Europe and subregional office – WYA Southeast Europe receives representatives from Poland, Spain, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The internship program will give our 4 interns the opportunity to promote human dignity through the enrichment of their professional skills in marketing and project management. […]
Welcoming Sofia Piecuch, WYA Foundation Director of Advocacy
WYA warmly welcomes our new Director of Advocacy, Sofia Piecuch. Sofia holds a Master of Global Affairs degree from the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, where she specialized in refugee and migration policy, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies from Saint Mary’s College. Before […]
Insider Info: How to Score the Best Internship
[su_tabs active=”5″][su_tab title=”English“] The WYA Internship Program didn’t earn its reputation as the #BestInternship for nothing. Currently offered in person or online (depending on the regional office), the WYA internship provides members the opportunity to gain professional skills while living out WYA’s core ideas. Projects are designed to enhance each student’s specific academic background and interests. […]
My Experience from WYA’s Pamplona Bringing Youth Back to Work event
The Erasmus Plus Project “Bringing Youth Back to Work” was truly a wonderful and inspiring experience for me. My decision to participate in the project was conveniently formed by the fact that I am finishing my studies and will soon be looking for employment. Therefore, coming to Pamplona, my main expectations were to share my […]
Meet WYA Europe’s New Regional Director, Myriam Audras
This June, WYA gives a warm welcome to our new WYA Europe Regional Director, Myriam Audras! “What I identify with most in WYA’s values is their true and deep will to invest in (the) youth through education. It has been more than 4 years since I met WYA and since then, I have never […]
What does it take to be a Human Dignity Defender?
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] What does it take to be a human dignity defender? A question you surely have asked yourself already at some point while being involved in one of WYA’s initiatives- Certified Training Program, Advocacy Academy, Emerging Leader Conference etc. The dignity of the human person is not only a fundamental right in itself […]
Coming Together with Human Dignity
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] At the recently held Training for Defenders of Human Dignity, Croatia surprised us with its results. Young Croats are one of the most numerous organizations in the field of human rights and youth policy at the World Youth Alliance. Young people from Europe are pleasantly surprised and proud of all the projects […]
My takeaways from the International Solidarity Forum on “Euthanasia”
“I think it is a very difficult time now that we have to dive through. We can only do this by having hope, and by seeing all of this in a way as a chance, as a privilege, something positive. This is your life, and this is the challenge you have there. Imagine if everything […]
