Female Foeticide Falters
A report from WYA UK on the sex-selection bill recently voted on by Parliament. by Clara Watson, WYA UK Chapter Committee Member Today, on 4th November, Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of the Abortion (Sex-Selection) Ten Minute Rule Bill, presented by MP Fiona Bruce. At its first reading, 181-1 MPs voted in favour of the Sex-Selection […]
Freedom for Excellence
Freedom for Excellence. This is a phrase I like best among everything I have learned from World Youth Alliance Asia Pacific (WYA AP) as an intern. Right now, there are seven of us: three international interns, including myself, from Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan, and four Filipino interns. As interns, aside from our daily tasks and […]
“Human Rights is the universal language of the powerless” – EU Special Rep. for Human Rights Lambrinidis
WYA Europe’s latest update from European Parliament, this time a report on the Intervention of the European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights. On Monday 13th, the European Parliament Sub-Committee on Human Rights had an open discussion with Stavros Lambrinidis. Mr Lambrinidis, a former Greek minister for foreign affairs has been the European Union […]
What I Would Have Said At the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Fellow Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Last summer, while I was having lunch with a dear American friend, we started an interesting conversation. We expressed our thoughts and ideas about how we view the current situation of the world: I told my friend that the differences on many levels between the […]
Human rights, democratic participation at Commissioner-designate Timmermans Hearing
The latest report on the on-going commissioner hearings that WYA Europe has been following. This week: commissioner candidate Franciscus Timmermans.
WYA Europe Report on Commissioner Hearings
Since the 30th of September, WYA has been closely following European Parliament Commissioner Nominee hearings relevant to dignity, the family, and youth. WYA’s interns maintained a presence at some of these hearings, and this article summarises the content of these procedures. This process allows the European Parliament (EP) to screen the candidates for the highest […]
WYA’s International Summer Camp was Life-changing!
The moment I received an email asking me to write about WYA International Summer Camp, I knew immediately that I would write about how much fun we had, how incredible it was to meet so many people from all over the world, and how amazing the camp was overall. However, I also knew that I […]
AP Emerging Leaders Conference – a volunteer’s experience
Being a volunteer in the Emerging Leaders Conference (ELC) is definitely the highlight of my internship in World Youth Alliance Asia Pacific. During the conference, I was able to network with young people from all parts of Asia and the Philippines. We had delegations from Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia to name a few. Furthermore, the […]
Lessons From My Internship
My experience working at World Youth Alliance this summer has taught me many things, has expanded my organizational skills, and has fortified my view on the human person. In the past few weeks, I’ve been given the opportunity to help organize an International Summer camp, coordinate and host a Film Night as well as a […]
5 Crucial Lessons from CPD 47
Landing in New York on a crisp spring Sunday morning to attend the 47th Session of the Commission on Population and Development, I was yet to fully comprehend the scale of the challenge I faced the upcoming week. Knowing the many anecdotes of people who stood in the same shoes, it’s almost typical: a visionary […]