First Esperanza at the CPD 2012: Sexual Education is not Enough!
Sexual Education is not Enough! We recognize the critical importance of healthcare, education, and sexual education for youth; however, we want to highlight that there are a multitude of matters, and often more urgent matters, that youth face. While sexual education may enable youth to make informed decisions with regard to their reproductive health, it […]
Bringing the International Solidarity Forum to Europe!
It’s New York and it’s 29 degrees outside. A group of young people sit hunched around the table, negotiating the final tweaks to WYA’s latestdeclaration on sustainable development.Over the last four days, we’ve listened, debated and absorbed numerous issues relating to the three pillars of sustainable development; economic, social and environmental. From scientific explanations, to economic and environmental statistics […]
Esperanza! Sexual Education is not Enough
Sexual Education is not Enough We recognize the critical importance of healthcare, education, and sexual education for youth; however, we want to highlight that there are a multitude of matters, and often more urgent matters, that youth face. While sexual education may enable youth to make informed decisions with regard to their reproductive health, […]
Sexual Education is not Enough
Sexual Education is not Enough We recognize the critical importance of healthcare, education, and sexual education for youth; however, we want to highlight that there are a multitude of matters, and often more urgent matters, that youth face. While sexual education may enable youth to make informed decisions with regard to their reproductive health, it […]
Join the Global Conversation on Youth and Development
Participate in the Commission on Population and Development through a global conversation! Take WYA’s online poll: What is the priority theme to UN and governments should focus on when it addresses the issue of youth development? Join us for an online chat on Wendesday, April 25th at 10am EST, with entrepreneur Andreas Widmer on “Youth employment: Access […]
Road to Rio: Family Focus month
In the run up to the Rio +20 Conference on sustainable development, WYA Europe is running the second in its series of events to get young people thinking about where and how we can promote a person-centred approach to sustainable development. This month’s theme is My FAMILY. My FAMILY will help you to understand better […]
CSW: Una Gran Experiencia
By Karla Hernández Romero La sesión número 56 de la Comisión Sobre el Estado de la Mujer (CSW por sus siglas en inglés) es el primer evento de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, así como del World Youth Alliance, en el que participo. Con gran ilusión el primer día asistí y noté que había […]
CSW: Una Gran Experiencia
El siguiente artículo fue escrito por Karla Hernández Romero participante de Commission on the Status of Women para Naciones Unidas que tuvo lugar durante los meses de Febrero y Marzo de 2012 en la ciudad de Nueva York. La sesión número 56 de la Comisión Sobre el Estado de la Mujer (CSW por sus siglas […]
WYA launches World Youth Alliance’s chapter in Pamplona
On the 12th of March, the World Youth Alliance in Europe launched its first chapter at the University of Navarra. To start the chapter, José Ramón Ayllón, a renowned philosopher, writer and a teacher of anthropology in the University of Navarra, delivered an introductory lecture titled “Read, and you will learn to think” where he […]
WYA Member at the CSW
Reflections on the 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women By Marta Ponikowska Political participation and lack of women in the decision-making process in politics and economy are two main factors that influence the situation of women, according to Mrs. Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women. Over the course of the […]