A Glimpse at the UN Commission on Population and Development from an Intern
On April 7-11, World Youth Alliance Europe participated in the 47th session of the Commission on Population and Development at the United Nations in New York. The theme of the commission was the “Assessment of the Status of Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development,” which was adopted […]
Priorities of Development Are Not Well Served When Ideology Gets in the Way: CPD 2014
Commission on Population and Development, April 7-11, New York (Spanish version follows) I thought we should have gotten it by now. Less than 2 weeks ago I attended the 47th session of the Commission on Population and Development at the United Nations as part of WYA’s advocacy team. The session was supposed to evaluate progress member […]
Summer Love: Reflections of a WYA Summer Camp Graduate
Only two weeks left until the annual WYA Asia Pacific Summer Camp. As this year’s camp draws nearer, campers from previous years share with us their best memories. We hope it makes this year’s campers excited, and for the rest of the audience, we hope you will consider joining our camp next year! Lord Pomperada, Asia […]
Revelations of an American Intern at WYA
Oscillating back and forth like a summer fan on full blast, my head finally halted to behold where I would dedicate the following months as an intern for the World Youth Alliance. Snugged in between buildings, like countless others in the metallic forest of Manhattan, the sight of the ivory-toned edifice with its ample-sized […]
CPD 47: Following up on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action
WYA is currently attending the 47th Session of the UN Commission on Population Development (CPD), entitled “ICPD Beyond 2014 Review” from April 7-11at the UN Headquarters in New York. This Review aims to identify the progress made and the challenges faced by the 179 governments that committed to the 20-year Programme of Action (PoA) plan […]
Experience at CSW58
As a winner of the World Youth Alliance’s Youth Voices at the UN Program, I was given the opportunity to be a part of the WYA delegation to the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which was held in March 2014. This year’s theme sought to tackle the challenges and achievements […]
A Croatian woman’s experience at CSW58
My name is Maja and I come from WYA Croatia. I would like to share with you my experience of being part of WYA delegation to the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58), which took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City from 10-21 March 2014. This is […]
Waiting on the RH Law
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Philippines is to decide on the fate of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law after its final deliberations on April 8. Also known as the “Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012,” the law passed legislation December 21, 2012. However due to several petitions challenging its constitutionality, the SC […]
Laum: A MIFF Winner’s Reflections
A lot of things seem better in hindsight. For my thesis film, I actually had another story in mind. It seemed perfect since I conceptualized the story myself. But that story just couldn’t get a “go” from my thesis professor. After a series of revisions and alterations to the story to try and get that […]
Moral Courage Activated
”Wie niet waagt, die niet wint” means ”S/he who does not wager, does not win”. This is a Dutch proverb often used by my grandmother to encourage others, yet far more often to prepare herself for the ‘unpreparable’. When my grandmother, Hendrina Janna van Doorneveld was born, the year was 1922 and her zodiac prediction […]