Soros-funded Open Democracy claims credit for WYA grant review
The Soros-funded media platform, openDemocracy, has taken credit for initiating the review that froze World Youth Alliance grant funds by the European Commission. In an article published November 18, 2025, openDemocracy claims that the World Youth Alliance is set to lose its European Union funding after openDemocracy revealed it won a reproductive health grant despite […]
Celsus Talifilu and Daniel Suidani cleared of charges – A victory for justice in the Solomon Islands
World Youth Alliance celebrates the recent ruling of the Magistrate’s Court of the Solomon Islands in Honiara that fully clears Mr. Celsus Irokwato Talifilu of all charges brought against him, together with the late Hon. Daniel Suidani. These charges alleged that they had participated in an unlawful gathering connected to political unrest in Malaita, false […]
EU Agency Misapplies EU Law
On November 4th, 2025, World Youth Alliance Europe publicly addressed the project review letters (available at the bottom of the text) issued by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) concerning 3 separate Erasmus+ grants that WYA Europe implemented throughout 2024. As noted in the article, these letters do not allege any failures in […]
World Youth Alliance Europe: Response to the EACEA Grant Review Letters
At the beginning of November 2025, World Youth Alliance Europe received 3 project review letters from the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) concerning Erasmus+ grants awarded to World Youth Alliance Europe and World Youth Alliance South-East Europe for projects that had been executed starting in January 2024. The projects concerned are called Women’s […]
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 […]