Supporting Celsus Talifilu and Daniel Suidani: Defenders of Democracy in the Solomon Islands
In April 2023, the World Youth Alliance team had the privilege to meet Celsus Talifilu and Daniel Suidani, public officials from the Solomon Islands, during their last visit to the United States. Both men are on the frontlines of defending democracy in the Solomon Islands, fighting against the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party. […]
Here’s What Sexual and Real Reproductive Health Looks Like
What True Sexual and Reproductive Health Looks Like In November, young men and women will converge in Brussels, Belgium for the 13th WYA Europe Emerging Leaders Conference. This year’s focus will be “Empowering by Educating: Training on Women’s Reproductive and Mental Health and Rights.” Through a series of discussions, workshops, and lectures, participants will delve into crucial […]
El Aborto en Colombia: en Contra del Derecho a la Vida
La historia de Amilia Taylor es una historia única e irrepetible. Amilia Taylor es una bebé americana, nacida en la semana 22 de gestación. A pesar de su prematuro nacimiento, Amilia era una bebé completamente formada, y hoy en día, con 16 años de edad, Amilia Taylor es una joven sana, que vive como cualquier […]
A Brilliant Week of Bioethics
We just wrapped up our 4th Annual International Summer School of Bioethics and Human Rights. This year’s summer school—held in Šibenik, Croatia from August 5-11—was hosted by WYA Croatia and WYA Europe, supported by the Stiftung Ja Zum Leben. The focus was on abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia, population control policies, and totalitarian ideologies. Forty […]
A Big Milestone for the Human Dignity Curriculum
New Research Highlights the Character Education Impact of the Human Dignity Curriculum For the first time ever, the Human Dignity Curriculum has been featured in an external research publication. Dr. Moira Law—an assistant professor at Saint Mary’s University in Canada—conducted this first formal evaluation of the HDC. Her focus was on educators’ experience teaching the […]
The Human Dignity Curriculum: A Closer Look
Launched in 2017, the Human Dignity Curriculum is a program designed for K-12 students that teaches personal identity and human excellence. The curriculum examines several themes that build on each other grade by grade. The first theme develops an understanding of the dignity of the human person, the intrinsic value of the person, which is marked by […]
Surrogacy Is Not the Answer to Infertility
Infertility is a painful burden to bear and a growing problem globally. The World Health Organization estimates that currently, about 1 in 6 adults around the world experience infertility. As infertility rates rise and medical technology advances, couples are turning to new, alternative ways of bringing children into the world. One such method is surrogacy—a […]
WYA in Action at the United Nations
On the 30th Anniversary of the ICPD Since its founding, WYA has been a critical voice for human dignity at the United Nations. This year was no different. Our WYA advocacy team attended the 57th Session of the UN Commission on Population and Development from April 29-May 3 at the UN Headquarters in New York. […]
WYA “Self Advocacy of People with Trisomy 21” Conference at the European Parliament 2024
On Thursday, March 21st, 2024, World Youth Alliance Europe hosted the “International Down Syndrome Day Conference: Self Advocacy of People with Trisomy 21” organized in the European Parliament. The conference, conducted in a hybrid format, brought together a total of 32 participants, with 21 attending in person and 11 joining remotely. The esteemed guests and […]
Ryszard Legutko’s Keynote Address on the ‘Totalitarian Tendencies in Contemporary Democracies’
What are Totalitarian Tendencies? The word ‘totalitarian’ seems blatantly inaccurate in the description of today’s Western civilization, and this conference clearly proves that. We would not be here if we lived in a totalitarian society. I vividly remember how aggressively and often brutally the communist government reacted to the dissenting initiatives, and it would be […]
