43° Comisión de Población y Desarrollo
Como jóvenes, nos damos cuenta del impacto que nuestras voces tienen y cómo podemos, con nuestra acción, marcar la diferencia. El lunes, 13 de abril de 2010, la World Youth Alliance hizo una intervención oral en la 43° Comisión de Población y Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York. El poder de nuestro discurso […]
WYA Delivers Statement at the 43rd UN Commission on Population and Development
Dear WYA Friends, The 43rd Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is taking place at the United Nations, New York this week. As WYA was founded during the CPD in 1999, we remain to actively participate in this very important commission. As a youth organization, we recognize that authentic development can only happen if the […]
Culture at the United Nations
As a new member of the World Youth Alliance staff, it was edifying to attend this week’s U.N. Commission on Population Development addressing the topic of Health, Morbidity, Mortality, and Development. Having recently studied the basic principles that guided the founding of the World Youth Alliance, it was exciting to witness the practical force of […]
Commission on Population Development
As youth, we realize the impact that our voices can make and how we are able to make a difference. Monday April 13, 2010 the World Youth Alliance was able to give our oral intervention at the Commission on Population Development. The power of our statement was coupled with the situation. Monday was the first […]
CSW Speech by Luisa Khalil
Hi, My name is Luisa Khalil and I stand before you in an attempt to speak of a subject that is not something I have experienced but that exists in my country, Mexico, today. I am a lucky individual. I have had the privilege of growing up in an environment that has given me food, […]
International Solidarity Forum
The World Youth Alliance’s Annual International Solidarity Forum took place from March 21st to March 24th. Eighty young people from 22 countries came to NY we were lucky enough to have expert speakers from all over talk to us about the issues of Maternal Health, and how we can make a difference. All eighty of […]
Emerging Leaders Canada Policy Seminar
When towards the end of my summer internship at the World Youth Alliance office in New York, Casey (the North American Director of WYA) assigned me to organise and facilitate our Emerging Leaders Summit in Toronto, I was excited! Finally, I thought, I get to actually showcase the World Youth Alliance in the old, cold […]
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Keeping Our Promises to Girls
All of the World Youth Alliance interns have been having a great time participating in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN, which started on March 1st and continues through March 12th. During the CSW, we get to listen to countries as they report on the progress they have made throughout […]
WYA intervenes at a special event for the 54th Commission on the Status of Women
On the morning of March 4th, I found out that I would be doing an intervention at the UN 15 year review of the Beijing Conference. Having never done one before, I was nervous but at the same time, there was a deeper excitement and thus a strong commitment to make my team proud. Maternal […]