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 […]
Under Construction
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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 […]
Internship Experience by Awele Oguejiofor
I’d like to share with you our intern Awele’s article about his internship experience here at the WYAAP office. Awele has been living in the Philippines for several years now, but he is originally from Nigeria. My World Youth Alliance Experienceby Awele Oguejiofor I was first introduced to the World Youth Alliance during Anna Halpine’s […]
Everyone is invited to WYAAP’s first 2010 General Assembly and House Warming Party!
Come one come all! WYA members and friends are most welcome to join us on March 6, 2010 for our GA and House Warming! Our new address is 11 J.P. Laurel Street, Xavierville 1, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. Hope to see you in our event!
Stepping inside the United Nations During the commission on social development, I had the opportunity to step foot inside the United Nations for the first time. It has been a life-long dream to sit among working intellectuals in a forum wherein prevalent global issues get debated upon and resolutions are the expected outcome. I was […]
¡Seamos el México que queremos ver!
En 1995, en Naciones Unidas se creó la primera Plataforma de Acción sobre la mujer. Me quedé sorprendida al leer sobre la gran intervención que hizo México hace 35 años tomando en cuenta problemas que afectan a la mujer en aquel tiempo. Desafortunadamente, muchos de esos problemas siguen siendo los mismos: la violencia contra la […]
MAHLULI DUBE’S WYA INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Hailing from that wonderful land south of Nairobi, Kenya called Bulawayo, Zimbabwe…. I have had the amazing opportunity to join the World Youth Alliance as a spring intern from January 25 to May 7th 2010. So far the experience has been simply stellar. I live in a house with seven other interns who are as […]