Manhattan International Film Festival: Behind the Scenes with Young Spanish Director
Enric Mellier was born in Paris in 1955. He grew up to become the best and most famous piano player in Paris. As he is about to give a piano concert, strange events start to happen inside the theater, events that make him to understand that he has a serious problem… (Plot synopsis for The […]
What Does Religious Freedom Mean?
Before I came to WYA North America headquarters here in the Big Apple State, I had a chance to meet with Grant Kollet, the Director of First Year Programs at the University of Washington, the college I attend. In a talk he gave during one of my classes, he challenged us to grow in our […]
Why One Child Means Zero Future
China’s aggressive one-child-per-family policy has cost it freedom, prosperity, and the lives of many Chinese. These have been sacrificed in the name of an economic progress that is doomed to be undermined by the very policy that aims to increase that progress. The one-child-policy aims to curb the overpopulation of China by imposing strict fines […]
Abortion, A Real Story
My sister lived in the U.S. for about two years and during this time, she got pregnant. My family and I were very excited because it was her first baby and my second nephew or niece. Despite her distance from our native Chile, we were happy because our family was about to become larger. During […]
The Estrela Report: Battle at the European Parliament
Europe recently witnessed a controversial debate at the European Parliament. The Estrela Report on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights was put forth by Edite Estrela, Portuguese MEP and Vice-President of the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Commission at the European Parliament. To prepare the work of the European Parliament in plenary sessions, MEPs work […]
Why I Marched
Jeane Kirkpatrick, the first woman to ever serve as a US ambassador to the United Nations once said, “solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.” Well, she thought correctly. On March 22nd, despite the below freezing temperatures, my team members and I here at the World Youth Alliance joined a […]
Family: The Key to Human Life and Dignity
I am currently living and working with at-risk youth in the city of Detroit in a transitional living facility. The children I mentor on a daily basis all come from very different racial, socioeconomic and religious backgrounds. Although each child’s story of their dissent into homelessness is both unique and tragic, there is one common […]
Women and the UN
Women is one of the most popular topics right now in the international agenda and within nations. This is very important because women consistently represent a vulnerable group all over the globe. There are places where education is banned for women, and these are usually where we find leaders such as Malala Yousafzai, who struggles […]
International Arts Forum: A Dream Come True
One day I had a dream to change the world, in which nations were unified, peace available to all and no suffering. That is something that I was looking for since I was a child but I never understood. I received criticism. Sometimes I was teased and scolded. But my desire and feelings always remained […]
Kenya Needs a Holistic View of Family Planning
Recently in the Daily Nation in Kenya was an article titles “Expanding Family Planning Access to Poor Women Vital for Kenya’s Future” by Prof. Fred Segor, in the Daily Nation of 7th November 2013. The article was quite informative on a number of statistical issues. However, a reading of the article also reveals the unfortunate […]