Cheers (Živjeli) to International Summer School 2025!
The 2025 International Summer School of Bioethics and Human Rights was a huge success! Held in Šibenik, Croatia this summer, participants from around the world were brought together for a week of intensive learning, dialogue, and community. Despite a rainy start that altered the opening ceremony, participants engaged with excitement and enthusiasm—essentials for their advocacy training. […]
World Youth Alliance Welcomes UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Surrogacy
New York, August 25th, 2025 – The World Youth Alliance (WYA) welcomes the publication of the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, Ms. Reem Alsalem titled, “The different manifestations of violence against women and girls in the context of surrogacy” (A/80/158), which exposes the grave human rights violations inherent […]
Performative Inclusion at the Organization of American States
As regular participants in the meetings of the Organization of American States (OAS), the World Youth Alliance (WYA) values the opportunity to bring youth perspectives into regional decision-making spaces. We are honored to continue training WYA fellows in the matters of international law and advocacy, to ensure they are equipped to advocate for human dignity […]
The Advocacy Academy: Reflections from Brussels
Traveling from Kosovo, Canada, and Uganda, a cohort of dedicated World Youth Alliance members attended the recent Advocacy Academy in Brussels, Belgium. What brought these young trainees together is one common goal: the defense of human dignity. The WYA Advocacy Academy is a dynamic training program offered to WYA members, to address pressing global policy […]
UPDATE: New York Suicide Bill Moves Forward
Assisted Suicide: The latest in the US What states is assisted suicide legal? As WYA recently reported, the State of New York is amongst the latest of legislative bodies moving towards the legalization of physician-assisted suicide, a menacing method of ending life. As of mid-May, the New York Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, is intending […]
WYA Submits Report on Surrogacy to UN Special Rapporteur
How Does Surrogacy Affect Human Dignity? As infertility becomes a growing issue around the world, more people are turning to artificial reproductive technologies to build their families. Well-intentioned practices, like surrogacy, treat women and children as commodities to be bought and sold, rather than as human beings with intrinsic value. That’s why WYA has always […]
BREAKING: US Government Reports on Gender Dysphoria
Rise in Gender Dysphoria of Pressing Importance After WYA’s 22nd International Solidarity Forum on the theme of Gender Ideology (which is defined as the insistence on a single idea or worldview as the only legitimate understanding of reality, rejecting all dissent), during which young members spent a week analyzing, assessing, and understanding how such ideology […]
Assisted Suicide: Ableism and the Problematic Architecture of ‘Choice’
For years, the State of New York maintained a long-standing ban on assisted suicide. Now, that ban has come to an end. On June 9, the New York State Senate approved an assisted suicide bill, making it the 12th US state to legally allow citizens to take their lives. Meanwhile, in the UK, the British […]
Assisted Suicide Bill in the UK: The “Right to Die” is a Lie
Assisted Suicide: Status in the UK “People are not aware of the implications and dangers that legalizing assisted suicides poses, especially for vulnerable groups including the elderly, sick, and persons with disabilities.” – Mislav Barišić, WYA Director of Policy & Research As of April 10, 2025, there is currently an assisted suicide bill in the […]
BREAKING: Trinidad Member Selected to Represent WYA at OAS in Antigua
From across the globe, WYA has made a mark for itself in promoting human dignity and training its members to be a force for its advocacy on the broad scale. WYA members are routinely chosen to speak on behalf of the organization and to explain the current political climates in their home communities. With years […]