UPDATE: New York Suicide Bill Moves Forward
What is the Latest in Assisted Suicide Laws in the US? As WYA recently reported, the State of New York is amongst the latest of legislative bodies moving towards the legalization of physician-assisted suicide, a menacing method of ending life. As of mid-May, the New York Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, is intending to bring […]
WYA Submits Report on Surrogacy to UN Special Rapporteur
How Does Surrogacy Affect Human Dignity? As infertility becomes a growing issue around the world, more people are turning to artificial reproductive technologies to build their families. Well-intentioned practices, like surrogacy, treat women and children as commodities to be bought and sold, rather than as human beings with intrinsic value. That’s why WYA has always […]
BREAKING: US Government Reports on Gender Dysphoria
Rise in Gender Dysphoria of Pressing Importance After WYA’s 22nd International Solidarity Forum on the theme of Gender Ideology (which is defined as the insistence on a single idea or worldview as the only legitimate understanding of reality, rejecting all dissent), during which young members spent a week analyzing, assessing, and understanding how such ideology […]
Assisted Suicide: Ableism and the Problematic Architecture of ‘Choice’
The State of New York has maintained a long-standing ban on assisted suicide. Now, that is coming into question. In 2017, the State’s highest court voted unanimously against its legalization. Underscoring the threat, Justice Eugene Fahey wrote that, “[l]egalizing physician-assisted suicide would convey a societal value judgment that such ‘indignities’ as physical vulnerability and dependence […]
Assisted Suicide Bill in the UK: The “Right to Die” is a Lie
Assisted Suicide: Status in the UK “People are not aware of the implications and dangers that legalizing assisted suicides poses, especially for vulnerable groups including the elderly, sick, and persons with disabilities.” – Mislav Barišić, WYA Director of Policy & Research As of April 10, 2025, there is currently an assisted suicide bill in the […]
BREAKING: Trinidad Member Selected to Represent WYA at OAS in Antigua
From across the globe, WYA has made a mark for itself in promoting human dignity and training its members to be a force for its advocacy on the broad scale. WYA members are routinely chosen to speak on behalf of the organization and to explain the current political climates in their home communities. With years […]
Application now open for the 2025 International Summer School on Bioethics and Human Rights
The World Youth Alliance (WYA) is pleased to announce the launch of the applications for the 5th edition of the International Summer School on Bioethics and Human Rights (ISSBHR) in Šibenik, Croatia, July 28th to August 3rd. In collaboration of WYA Croatia with WYA Europe and supported by the Stiftung Ja Zum Leben, this project […]
WYA Advocacy Fellows Deliver Statements at 58th Commission on Population and Development
“Healthy societies begin with people who know they have intrinsic dignity and that they matter.” – WYA Advocacy Fellow The 58th session of the Commission on Population and Development just concluded! Our WYA Advocacy Fellows were on the frontlines at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City to speak up for authentic human development […]
WYA UPDATE: No Consensus Reached at 58th Session on Population and Development
“The tradition of respectful negotiations during the Commission faltered alongside the attitudes and demands of certain Member States as well as civil society organizations that wanted to push for ‘rights’ that violate the dignity of the human person as well as the family unit.” – Rokaia Elhommosani, WYA Director of Advocacy at CPD58 The WYA […]
Human Dignity Curriculum Grows from the Grassroots
The Human Dignity Curriculum is covering major ground in the Philippines from the local to national level. With its most recent expansion in the Province of Masbate, the HDC is being adopted at an impressively quick rate. Director of the Human Dignity Curriculum Expansion in the Philippines, Lord Leomer Pomperada, said that, “[we’re excited to […]
