Making Introverted Leaders: Why The Future Looks Bright?
Interview with Ines Lobo Lozano, a WYA Europe intern A few days ago – just when the buzz about Donald Trump winning the US elections has reached its climax – I had a privilege to have a private talk with Ines Lobo Lozano. A shy and soft-spoken girl with even softer accent from the north […]
Palliative Care and Human Dignity
The objectives of the medicine could be summarized into two: to preserve life and to relieve suffering. However, as the end of life gets closer, the alleviation of suffering acquires more importance, as the preservation of life is no longer possible. At a certain point, terminally ill patients may decide not to continue treatment with […]
Investing in the Family, Investing in the Future
I and my fellow WYA members attended a European Youth Workshop and Conference titled “Family, investing in the future” and organized by the Confederation of Family Associations in the Carpathian Basin. The program, which was hosted by Hungarian MEP György Hölvényi from the EPP, took place at the European Parliament. The speakers addressed the challenges faced […]
Nadia Murad awarded the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
This week the Council of Europe has awarded the Vaclav Havel Human Rights price to Nadia Murad; a Yazidi human rights activist who survived ISIS genocide in Iraq. Nadia denounced the lack of attention and action against Islamic terrorism. After loosing many members of her family and friends, Nadia has taken the responsibility of making […]
Conflicts of interest: does the surrogacy industry care about what’s best for children?
A consensus is building among countries and political parties that banning surrogacy is necessary to protect children’s and women’s rights, but there is still an unresolved question: how can we protect the best interests of children born through surrogacy? In other words, is it possible to ban surrogacy and still respect the rights of those […]
Human rights and the baby market
Les droits de l’homme à l’épreuve de la marchandisation de l’enfant [tabs] [tab title=”English”] Human rights and the baby market Brussels recently hosted the European fair for having children through gestational surrogacy organized by the surrogacy group Men Having Babies. At the same time, the Council of Europe has just rejected a very controversial resolution […]
Celebrating 2016 European Day of Safe Birth and Motherhood
World Youth Alliance Europe contributed to the celebration of the European Day of Safe Birth and Motherhood with the presence of Antoine Mellado, WYA Europe’s director of advocacy as one of the panelists at the Conference on Safe Birth and Maternal Health. The death of a mother not only affects her family and put their children at […]
The Death of Adoption: Surrogacy Buyers’ Market Puts Children in Need at a Disadvantage
Adoption vs. Surrogacy Adoption is in trouble due to competition from the surrogacy industry. Adoption procedures were designed with the sole purpose of protecting the best interests of the child. But this cornerstone of family policy is suffering at the hands of a new model that is developing, a model which prioritizes consumers preferences and […]
WYA Austria meets Kunstglaube
It was an experience of different cast. KUNSTGLAUBE means “Artfaith” in English translation. But what did it really mean? At an event last night, we weren’t really sure on what it literally meant. Did it mean the art of faith of the faith in Art. I together with the members of the WYA Austria Chapter got […]
Portuguese young people respond to law on medically assisted reproduction
MANIFESTO POR UM VERDADEIRO DEBATE PÚBLICO SOBRE A LEI DA PMA E GESTAÇÃO DE SUBSTITUIÇÃO [tabs] [tab title=”English”] On May 13th, 2016, the Portuguese Parliament approved significant changes to the law on Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR), including: Allowing every woman to have access to MAR, regardless of their personal status, sexual orientation, or fertility diagnosis. Currently, only heterosexual couples with medical […]
