WYA prepares for 2017 UN Commissions
Want to know how we’re representing YOU at the UN? Read on! Last week we told you about the Commission for Social Development, but that’s not the only commission we go to. There are two more major commissions this season, and we’ll be there advocating for human dignity. Here’s how we do that. What commissions […]
Defender in Training
Although I have only been an intern for World Youth Alliance Asia Pacific (WYAAP) for three weeks, it has definitely changed the way I view and act upon the world and the people around me. To be honest, my work expectations definitely do not match up to what I am doing and feeling right now […]
10 Ways To Get Involved with WYA
So you’ve read and signed the WYA Charter, but you wonder — what comes next? Where can you learn more about WYA? How do you find like-minded peers? When can you start the grand business of defending dignity? Fret not, for here are the top ten paths you can take to jumpstart your WYA journey! […]
Built to overcome: The Impossible, a review
To be human is to be kind. If there is one thing I’d take away from The Impossible (2012), it would be that. In the desire to care and in the intent to reach out to one another, social barriers are irrelevant. In the face of seemingly insurmountable tragedy, we revert to what we truly, […]
Reflections on European Arts Forum 2016
How could I summarise 2016 EAF? Maybe with these three words: Beauty, Talent, Splendour. Primarily, I deeply regretted not to participate to the exposition event on Saturday, June 25th. I could not come to this venue was due to the fact I was given a poetry prize in Metz, France. As I arrived in Brussels, […]
Helping Land: From Whence Came My Help
The hall was packed. Plastic chairs lined the sides, children of all ages seated on them. Loud music blared from a speaker, and the center of the hall was occupied by children dancing. Everywhere there was laughter, smiles, and no trace of hopelessness. Nobody paid attention to the smell coming from the mounds of trash […]
On Marching for Life: Reflections From the 2017 MFL
On January 27, 2017, WYA sent two staff members and four interns to Washington, D.C., for the March for Life. See the press release here, and find post-March reflections from the group below. Ever since my first trip to D.C. for the March, years ago, my favorite moment during has been cresting the hill just before […]
“From the moment I met WYA, I have always been incredibly inspired”: Meet WYA’s first batch of 2017 interns in New York
What happens when you put eleven young ladies from five countries under one roof for three months? You get impromptu lounge discussions on politics and culture, freshly-cooked dumpling soup and chicken curry, and weekday movie nights crying over Hachiko — and you easily realize that girls run the world indeed. This particular set of ladies […]
U.S. to stop funding organizations that provide, promote abortion abroad
President Trump signs executive order limiting foreign assistance grant eligibility Jan 23, 2017 WASHINGTON—Today, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating a development aid policy which prohibits U.S. agencies from issuing grants to organizations that promote or perform abortions abroad. This policy is commonly known as the Mexico City Policy, as it was first […]
The Best Kind of Sound
If Christmas in the Philippines is one thing, it’s the joyous array of sounds that inevitably remind us that the holidays are upon us. Such sounds include young carolers chiming from door to door, the buzzing of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping, and blissful laughter, as both young and old spare their final […]