Growth for the WYAAP Regional Committee
by Pinky Nepomuceno, WYAAP Philippine National Committee Member Several weeks ago, I was invited to become a member of the WYA Asia Pacific National Committee. Jessa, the other new member, and I joined the group for a team building session in Tagaytay, a vacation spot several hours south of Manila. Since I’ve been an active […]
The EP Women’s Rights Committee
Since this was the first week for me as an intern at WYA, Women’s Rights Committee offered me, among other things such as getting to know the current ideas about maternity leave, the chance to get a slight insight into the Parliament. I was rather impressed by its dimension, by the library and by the […]
WYA ROCKS!
MY WYA INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE Mathew Chesa Kenya Age: 24 The day was Monday September 8th 2008. The moment I had been waiting for had finally come. I was headed for the World Youth Alliance North America office to begin my three month internship. I knew this was going to be interesting. From what I […]
WYA Asia Pacific holds Assisted Reproductive Technologies Training Discussion
WYAAP is hosting a training discussion on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). Catherine Young, WYA’s Director of Communications, will speak about topics on sperm and egg donation, surrogacy, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PIGD) and cloning, and how they relate to human dignity and the person. Please refer to the details below: WHAT: Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Training […]
Special thanks to WYA Latin America Committee Members
Special thanks to WYA Latin America Committee Members. WYA Latin America wants to give special thanks to our Local, National and Regional Committee Members. The work you have been doing is incredible. Thanks to your commitment during 2008, WYA Latin America was able to grow and we are more able to promote human dignity and […]
Human Rights and Discrimination in the EU..What do you think Antigone?
Young participants, most of them from member organizations, were willing to contribute to the seminar and share experiences on human rights, related to the promotion of the freedom of conscience and the new ‘Equal-Treatment’ Directive proposed by the EU. First thing I loved about these days was that it embraced diversity: There were people from […]
My Internship Experience
I got to know about WYA from a friend and so far my only regret is that i didn’t know about it any sooner. My first meeting with WYA members was at an Ubuchindami film. I was amazed at how welcoming and jovial this group of youth was,a complete contrast to what i had of […]
EU treaty, Dignity and Hot Whiskey: an Irish tale
Dear friends,World Youth Alliance was invited to give a speech to the Irish Parliament (Oireachtas) Sub-Committee on Ireland’s Future in the European Union on November 12th. This hearing took in Dublin and it aimed to analyze the challenges that Ireland is facing following the Lisbon treaty Referendum results. Rebecca Austen (WYA Director of Advocacy) and […]
A Quest to Understand Human Dignity
I had just cleared school and was overly keyed up about the next phase of life. For this next phase I only had two things in mind-to be a successful Perry mason (criminal Defense lawyer) and to make lots of money. It didn’t take long before I secured a job with one of the best […]
World Youth Alliance at Yale
I had the distinct pleasure last week to travel up to Yale University to meet with students, leaders, and members of different organizations to start developing a World Youth Alliance campus group. How I love being up in the New England towns like New Haven (which is where Yale is). The leaves are all changing […]