CEDAW Update – Teresa’s Experience (Part 1 of 2)
Today WYAE is excited to hear from Teresa, another WYA intern, who attended the recent 44th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in New York City, USA. The CEDAW was established in 1982, and is composed of 23 experts on women’s issues from around the world. The Committee The […]
CEDAW Update – Teresa`s Experience (Part 2 of 2)
My name is Teresa Diaz (Spain) and I am doing the North America internship. This summer I had the opportunity to participate in CEDAW at the UN. CEDAW 09′: Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. What does it means? … From my point of view, the goals of CEDAW are really good, but […]
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY FORUM 2009
STUDENTS FROM KENYA HIGH SCHOOL SHARE THEIR NEW YORK EXPERIENCE AFRICANA NJERI WANJIRU,16 YEARS It was a very long flight.Thirteen hours in the air is not ajoke. The thought of coming to America…mmh…it made me get bees inmy stomach not butterflies.Why? I was nervous, excited, anxious…allthe words to describe the feeling kept contrasting like stings […]
WYALA Coffee House!
La World Youth Alliace Latin America te invita a su primer Coffee House mismo que tendrá lugar el próximo sábado 22 de agosto de 2009 de 6 de la tarde a 10 de la noche. El Coffee House es un espacio para compartir y experimentar la dignidad de la persona humana a través de la […]
A second update from the office!
Working in WYA Europe these weeks is hectic enough to keep us busy; after a successful Viviamo! Summer Camp, our new intern intake has jumped right into preparing for The HUMAN Project: Education for Life and Dignity. This is WYA Europe’s own celebration for WYA’s 10th anniversary to complete a Decade of Dignity and Development, […]
Summer Camp
Save the Human Race // Human Project
Here is a cool song from a friend of World Youth Alliance in Europe…that illustrates pretty well in its own way the Human Project spirit! Check this link to listen and the myspace page http://www.myspace.com/starfoam.Enjoy, François
WYA at CEDAW
There we are. Just about two months ago Jessa Cruz, Maria Chiara Messetti and myself were complete strangers. This past week we spent much of our time at the United Nations monitoring the CEDAW conference. CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, is an international treaty which was created […]
Welcomes… new interns are arrived!
Alessandra, Gerlinde, Eric and Michal… These are the 4 brand-new WYA E interns, ready to spend a great summer in Brussels, where as Iris everytime says: they will find the EU, the beer, the chocolate but over all great experiences. I will continue to give them precious advices as the “oldest” intern for another month, […]
Art Competition. Solidarity Generation
World Youth Alliance is happy to announce the winners of our Solidarity Generation Arts Competition. Winning pieces will be displayed at the WYA North America Decade of Dignity and Development conference at Yale University from September 25th-27th 2009. Here are the winners, along with what our judges had to say about the winning pieces. Winner: […]