At ELC, I realised – It is us who have the power to make changes!
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] First of all, I want to express my utmost gratitude to the WYA Team and how they organized this project; for the great opportunity to attend the Emerging Leaders Conference in Brussels and the opportunity to hold an in-depth debate on current and future challenges with experts, leaders and decision-makers in the […]
Convenient and Inconvenient Truths about the “Right to Die”
In 2016, a romantic movie based on a novel hit the big screen which captured the interest of young people all over the world. It had a familiar love story: wealthy boy meets poor girl; they fall in love; they fight; but eventually reconcile and live happily ever after. Or so it first appeared, until […]
On Encountering Thou: Lessons from my first field work
As a Development Studies major, one thing I’ve always looked forward to ever since freshman year is doing fieldwork. Looking back, I knew I wanted to major in this course because I feel happy when I’m on the ground– working at the grassroots level. This kind of opportunity allows me to encounter people in the […]
How WYA Helped Me When I Almost Gave Up On Myself
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] People say that the middle school stage is one of the best in our lives in terms of being a student and a person in development. So I want to ask you, “How was your life in your middle school stage?” For me, it was the worst stage in my life both […]
The right to disobey an unjust law
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] Justice is one of the virtues of moral values. The moral value – as Aristotle said – is in relation to the passions and human acts, which connote excess, defect or middle ground. The characteristic of this virtue is to keep us in an excellent middle ground to find the equilibrium between […]
The remedy to the rise of HIV in the Philippines
Recently, the Department of Health of the Philippines reported an alarming rise in the number of HIV cases in the country. As of January 2019, the DOH has noted that 1,200 Filipinos are afflicted with HIV, with at least 22 recorded deaths, and 42 diagnosed with the disease per day. Despite the obvious threat to […]
Impressions from the Emerging Leaders Conference
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] Between July 8 and July 10, we had an opportunity to participate in the international conference Meet the New European Parliament, organized by the World Youth Alliance, namely its Austrian Chapter and European Regional Office. The aim of this unusual project was to connect young people from different parts of Europe and […]
Emerging Leaders Conference – Meet the New European Parliament
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] Today I would like to present an extraordinary project that is called Meet the new European Parliament in which I had the opportunity to participate in thanks to the World Youth Alliance Austria. However, it will not be one of these day-to-day reports on the activities in which we took part in. […]
What does World Population Day mean for the Philippines?
I was a senior in university when the RH Law, or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act was passed in the Philippines. Long and impassioned debates rendered my country divided. I remember my friends passionately arguing their positions. There were public debates and campaigns and rallies. But despite eventually obtaining legislative fiat, the resistance […]
Where is the energy to (re)charge our global SDGs?
On the 18th and 19th of June, along with three other European World Youth Alliance interns, I went to the European Development Days (EDD) in Brussels. A whole new world opened up when I walked through that door. Was it due to the several airport-like security checks? Could be at least part of it. At […]