Women, CEDAW and WYA
During the weeks of June 30 – July 18 the World Youth Alliance interns attended the Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Each country that has ratified the treaty is evaluated every four years, and evaluations are held twice per year, in Geneva or New York. This summer, they […]
WYA North American Summer Camp the first
Sitting here in New York I sometimes find my mind going back through the trees, back up into green Portsmouth Abbey, Rhode Island. It was so open and pretty, with the breeze coming off the sea and sounds of the crickets and shouts of joyful activity all around. Several weeks ago we finished the first […]
Programa de Verano WYALA 2008
Tras haber participado en el primer programa de verano organizado por la Alianza Mundial de la Juventud en su sede de América Latina (junio, 2008), solo me queda decir que es una experiencia muy enriquecedora, tanto a nivel intelectual como personal.Discutir los temas fundamentales para la WYA con otros jóvenes con los que compartimos ideales, […]
Dificultades cyberneticas
After an intensive weekend with little sleep going on we find ourselves back in the office, with Pia as a constant bystander, we have encountered our first problems….with the blog itself. Comically one of the the interns, Heike, has tried to publish something on our recent summer programme and, being logged in as me has […]
WYA AFRICA VIVIAMO!
“I MADE A PERSONAL CONTACT” MY VIVIAMO! EXPERIENCE LOVINGTONE MUUMBI, MACHAKOS, KENYA Though the morning was chilly for Nairobi on Saturday 21st June (about 150 C), my friends and I availed ourselves at WYAA office off Uhuru Highway-Haile Selassie Roundabout and headed for Kanunga, Kiambu in an effort to curb the jigger-menace facing the poorest […]
WYAE is organizing “Viviamo! Summer-Camp 2008”!
You enjoy meeting people from various countries and wish to work as volunteer for others? You want to learn about solidarity from Central Europe history & culture & heroes like Karol Wojtyla as well as study of recent EU and UN documents? Then “Viviamo! 2008 Summer Camp: Solidarity Experience” is the opportunity you shouldn’t miss! […]
May Training on „Ethics & Policy” and my first month in Brussels
I’ve already spent an awesome time here throughout my first month in Brussels! The work at the WYAE concentrated more or less mainly on the training seminar we had from May 8th until May 11th. First the preparations, then the seminar itself and finally the follow up. Until the seminar I didn’t realize that Brussels […]
El Filibusterismo
I had just finished reading Jose Rizal’s El Filibusterismo. As much as I’d love to go over the whole book (hmmm… who’s up for it? :D) I just had to share something in the closing chapter which is – since this is a World YOUTH Alliance blog – for us youth. “Where are the youth […]
WYA Participará en 38 ava. Asamblea General de la Organización de Estados Americanos.
Queridos voluntarios, miembros activos y directores de comité de la WYA, El sábado 31 de Mayo tendré la oportunidad de representar a los jóvenes de las Américas en una mesa panel con el Secretario General de la OEA, José Miguel Insulza, en marco de la 38 ava Asamblea General de la OEA en Medellín, Colombia. […]
Who Am I?
To define “Who am I?” would require the strongest urge to go through a week of pondering over things that you do. I question myself for the reason where I am today but my biggest definition is a challenge I never knew I could experience. Spending one week in a secluded area where your environment […]