Supporting Celsus Talifilu and Daniel Suidani: Defenders of Democracy in the Solomon Islands
In April 2023, the World Youth Alliance team had the privilege to meet Celsus Talifilu and Daniel Suidani, public officials from the Solomon Islands, during their last visit to the United States. Both men are on the frontlines of defending democracy in the Solomon Islands, fighting against the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party. […]
Here’s what Real Reproductive Health Looks Like
What True Reproductive Health Looks Like In November, young men and women will converge in Brussels, Belgium for the 13th WYA Europe Emerging Leaders Conference. This year’s focus will be “Empowering by Educating: Training on Women’s Reproductive and Mental Health and Rights.” Through a series of discussions, workshops, and lectures, participants will delve into crucial topics surrounding […]
El Aborto en Colombia: en Contra del Derecho a la Vida
La historia de Amilia Taylor es una historia única e irrepetible. Amilia Taylor es una bebé americana, nacida en la semana 22 de gestación. A pesar de su prematuro nacimiento, Amilia era una bebé completamente formada, y hoy en día, con 16 años de edad, Amilia Taylor es una joven sana, que vive como cualquier […]
A Brilliant Week of Bioethics
We just wrapped up our 4th Annual International Summer School of Bioethics and Human Rights. This year’s summer school—held in Šibenik, Croatia from August 5-11—was hosted by WYA Croatia and WYA Europe, supported by the Stiftung Ja Zum Leben. The focus was on abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia, population control policies, and totalitarian ideologies. Forty […]
Surrogacy Is Not the Answer to Infertility
Infertility is a painful burden to bear and a growing problem globally. The World Health Organization estimates that currently, about 1 in 6 adults around the world experience infertility. As infertility rates rise and medical technology advances, couples are turning to new, alternative ways of bringing children into the world. One such method is surrogacy—a […]
Ryszard Legutko’s keynote address on the ‘Totalitarian Tendencies in Contemporary Democracies’
What are Totalitarian Tendencies? The word ‘totalitarian’ seems blatantly inaccurate in the description of today’s Western civilization, and this conference clearly proves that. We would not be here if we lived in a totalitarian society. I vividly remember how aggressively and often brutally the communist government reacted to the dissenting initiatives, and it would be […]
Professor Carlo Lancellotti’s keynote address on the ‘New Form of Totalitarianism’
The Origins of Totalitarianism First of all, let me thank the World Youth Alliance for the invitation. I was asked to talk about the “New Totalitarianism,” and my remarks will largely be a re-elaboration of the insights on this topic by Augusto Del Noce. As some of you will know, Del Noce was an Italian Catholic […]
Persevere in the Truth: You’re Not Alone
The four days of the International Solidarity Forum (ISF) were packed with lectures and presentations from experts and distinguished speakers. Professor Carlo Lancelloti spoke about the “new form of totalitarianism” that has taken over our contemporary times; Dr. Ethan Haim, shared his story as a whistleblower, exposing the secret transgender program at the world’s largest […]
The Troubling Connection Between Foreign Aid and Harmful Healthcare Policies in Kenya
Foreign aid typically entails the transfer of capital, goods, or services from a country or international organization for the benefit of the recipient country. In targeted disaster relief and humanitarian efforts, it often succeeds. But it in itself is fraught with problems. Most troubling, it can be used as a tool for coercing recipient nations […]
“It changed everything:” Bringing the Human Dignity Curriculum to a Cameroon school
For the last three months, Jervis Lyonga has been commuting to Bishop Rogan College, an all-boys school in Cameroon, to volunteer teach the Human Dignity Curriculum (HDC). “The trip is only fifteen minutes,” he says modestly, before eventually admitting that “the roads are not the best, given the security challenges . . . and the […]
