Dignity Project – Intern’s life
Call for Participants: WYAAP DDD Conference, July 22-25, 2009, Tagaytay City, Philippines
The Decade of Dignity and Development, WYA 1999-2009, is a celebration of WYA’s ten years promoting the dignity of the person in policy and culture. The DDD celebrations will showcase young people, public and private sector leaders, and best practices around the world. WYA Asia Pacific (WYAAP) will be hosting a 4-day international conference for […]
WYA in action at the UN commission on Population and Development
Monday 30th : the beginning of the 42nd CPD (Commission on Population and Development) at the UN headquarters. The discussion started off pretty one-sided: ignoring the dignity of the human person, and calling everyone to action to reduce the global population, or at least fertility. With almost no opportunity for dissident voices to raise concerns […]
Sophia Presentation
The little Prince
“Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?” That is the answer of the grown-ups on a picture, little Antoine de Saint-Exupery drew, in order to illustrate a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.Conclusion: Grown-ups are so narrow-minded!Maybe. But certainly not on this evening, March 2nd, where 12 so called grown-ups came together to […]
Caregiving (and Receiving?)
Today at the UN I was able to attend a side event hosted by the Holy See. My first surprise was seeing how many people showed up. We filled up Conference Room 2, which has largely been used for the main sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Side events usually take place […]
It’s Up To You, New York
From the moment I sat in the taxi that took me from the airport into the city, I knew that I would love New York. The skyscrapers, the views, the busy streets… every time I walk down 42nd Street to get from the subway station to the UN Headquarters, coffee in hand, earphones plugged in […]
The World’s Mediocre Message to Youth
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is proving to be both an exciting and challenging experience. The excitement can be seen in the frenzy of NGO’s, striving for a chance to advocate their ideas, or in the never-ending stream of side events, which have kept the World Youth Alliance advocacy team and delegates […]
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
The commission on the status of women is probably one of the most interesting commissions at the UN and also one of the largest. This is the commission’s 53rd year focusing on the equal sharing of responsibilities between men and women, including care giving in the context of HIV/AIDS. I have had the privilege of […]
WYA at the CSW
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) started Monday and it is really quite different from the Commission on Social Development we went to last month! For starters, there are over 5000 NGOs attending this commission, which means that there are A LOT of extra people at the UN. Pretty much every session I […]