Internship in WYAME
Hello Everyone! My name is Alena, and I came from Belarus to Lebanon to be an intern in WYAME. When I just found out that I have got accepted in WYAME, I have told my parents and friends about this good news. When I told them that the internship is based in Beirut, Lebanon, the […]
WYA ISC 2015: Counselor Chronicles
When WYA North America told me that I had the opportunity to spend a week as a counselor for the ISC 2015 I was one of the happiest girls in the world. I already knew that it would be an amazing experience. And so it was! My work began with the counselor training: three days […]
Finding Meaning in Suffering: Life is Beautiful, a Review
For those who did not have the pleasure of watching this incredible movie, I am going to introduce you the main plot. A Jewish-Italian waiter, Guido, meets Dora, a pretty schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and humor. Eventually, they marry and have a son named Giosue. However, their happiness is abruptly halted […]
My One of a Kind ELC Experience
The Emerging Leaders Conference (ELC) was the biggest and most unforgettable event during my internship with WYA Asia Pacific. In order for the ELC to be successful, we had to prepare a lot for it every day. Each of us was assigned a task, and mine was to procure and prepare the materials that will […]
WYA is Writing the HDC to Achieve International Objectives for Sex Education
This is the first in a two-part series describing WYA’s innovative Human Dignity Curriculum (HDC). Please click here to see part two. Despite the fact that comprehensive sex education is not a right under international law, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDESA, and private organizations routinely act as if providing comprehensive sex education is the best or only approach […]
HDC is the Best Holistic Approach for Sex Education
This is the second in a two-part series describing WYA’s innovative Human Dignity Curriculum (HDC). Please click here to see part one. The approach taken by WYA in developing the Human Dignity Curriculum (HDC) and its associated optional teenFEMM module is multi-layered. The HDC is an effective personal development education program, patterned on proven strategies, which […]
False Devils
As they stand, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) do, contrary to Monsignor Sorondo’s assertion noted in an article published Friday, include abortion. The term “reproductive rights” has come to include abortion. Therefore, the use of “reproductive rights” in SDG 5.6 means that the SDGs list as a goal abortion as a right. This is troubling indeed, and […]
My Summer Camp Experience
Attending the World Youth Alliance Asia Pacific Summer Camp 2015 really changed my life. I am a university student majoring in Hospitality and Tourism Management, and so the first time I encountered the word “dignity” was while reading the information about the camp. I had no idea what it was like at all. I just went […]
What is Freedom?
Freshman year, a friend asked of me, half-hopefully, half-skeptically, “what is freedom?” It’s a fair question. We found ourselves slumped across couches in a common room overlooking an ivied-brick quad because we had followed the path laid out before us: assignments, graduations, competitions, applications, a big purple folder, now another stack of assignments. Had […]
International Solidarity Forum: The US, the UN, and the Journey of a Dream
Three weeks ago, I participated as part of the Asia Pacific Delegation for the 2015 International Solidarity Forum (ISF) held at the World Youth Alliance Headquarters and the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. I flew a long way from Jakarta to New York for approximately 24 hours onboard. But the jetlag never bogged […]