WYA reminded me of the power of my voice
A few weeks ago, I was given the opportunity to participate in the Coordination of Youth Workers of Tomorrow (CYWT) in Munich, Germany. CYWT 2019 gathered 21 young professionals from seven European countries: Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, the UK and Croatia, for a four-day intensive training. We were all trained in media literacy, public […]
WYA Africa: Meet the Batch 1 2020 Interns
Abwao Ian Javan is an International relations and Diplomacy graduate from The University of Nairobi. Born and raised in Kenya, Javan has a keen interest in human rights and its related domains, communications, legislation and governance, humanitarian work and is very passionate about pan-Africanism. He is an enthusiastic student of political literature and identifies himself […]
European Identity and Human Dignity?
A Croat, an Italian and an Austrian walk in to a bar… Or should I put it like this – a group of 45 young people who seemingly having nothing in common but curiosity about human dignity walk into the same venue, spend a week together and prove every single person that ever said “ahh, […]
Finding Comfort in the Unpredictable
During my internship at the WYA Headquarters, we had a White Paper discussion on Surrogacy. I asked our Director of Advocacy if Egg Freezing falls into the category of surrogacy as well. I recall her explaining that by doing so, I end up not only injecting larger amounts of hormones into my body and harvesting […]
In The Middle of Nowhere, but WYAAP
People are challenged by their own daily routines. Some work hard, while some are just busy finding a way to ensure that their life goes on and on. This is what we call “life”. In fact, I was part of those people struggling day after day. It started when I was selected to participate in […]
Meet WYA Africa’s New Regional Director, Cynthia Maingi
In mid 2019, WYA warmly welcomed Cynthia Maingi, the new Regional Director for WYA Africa. Cynthia first encountered WYA on campus when she was then taking her undergraduate degree in Sociology, Conflict and Peace Studies from the University of Nairobi. She began as a regional intern soon after and eventually served as the office’s first […]
HDHR – Vienna, The Experience of Human Dignity in Community
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] From the 24th to the 28th of November, 5 of us Croats, along with the other 40 project participants, had a unique opportunity to participate in the Youth for Human Dignity and Human Rights project organized by WYA Austria. Impression no. 1: Win –win situation: Vienna’s first experience will be accompanied by […]
World Youth Alliance: the HDHR project
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] A week in Vienna, with young people from different countries of the world to talk about human rights, learn more about the European Union, the current situation of the countries that are part of it and share opinions and proposals. A very rich and intense week during which we have learned so […]
European Arts Forum 2019, an Event to Remember
World Youth Alliance (WYA) has successfully completed the 5th edition of European Arts Forum (EAF). The theme of this edition was “Capturing Truth in Art” and the event took place in Brussels on 22nd and 23rd of November. EAF gathered together participants from different countries around Europe like Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Netherland, Portugal and […]
A True Friend
“In the act of self-gift, the human person answers the question “Who am I?” through the experience of love. Love is the experience of freedom lived for the good of the other, the goods that make for genuine human flourishing.” – WYA Declaration on the Human Person Through the relationships and encounters I have had […]