Are we doing our best for the health of people with trisomy 21?
World Youth Alliance in collaboration with Jerome Lejeune Foundation and two members of the European Parliament (MEPs) Miroslav Mikolasik and Marek Jurek hosted a debate with people with Down Syndrome and renewed European Researchers C. Mircher, L. Meijer, M. Dierssen, Y. Herautl and J. Fortea on the 21st of March 2017 in the European Parliament. […]
Call to MEPs to Prevent Child Exposure to Pornography and Violence – Protect Children from Harmful Audiovisual Contents
The European Parliament is about to adopt its report on the revision of the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which regulates TVs, On-Demand services (e.g. Netflix) and video-sharing platforms (e.g. Youtube). The current directive explicitly forbids that television broadcasts programmes that contain pornography or gratuitous violence, in order to protect minors from these harmful contents. […]
Exposure of children to pornography
Our internet focused societies are increasingly targeting children in pushing them into a culture of porn. WYA has been participating in the Conference on Exposure of Children to Pornography in the EU, which demonstrated the negative influence that porn has on society, especially targeting children, youth, and family. Concern was expressed regarding the new proposal […]
“When the facts change, I change my mind with them” Or should I? WYA UK in the House of Lords
At a time when politics has never been more convulse, the corridors of Parliament offer a unique view into the world of policy and debate. Brexit is the event of the year (and probably of the decade), and the Houses of Parliament at the heart of Westminster are, more than ever, center stage for the […]
Reflections on European Arts Forum 2016
How could I summarise 2016 EAF? Maybe with these three words: Beauty, Talent, Splendour. Primarily, I deeply regretted not to participate to the exposition event on Saturday, June 25th. I could not come to this venue was due to the fact I was given a poetry prize in Metz, France. As I arrived in Brussels, […]
Protection of the vulnerable by health care institutions
Recently, new laws that allow doctors to help terminally ill patients to end their own lives have been approved in places like Washington, D.C., and the U.S. state of Colorado. It’s essential that we look at the impact that this law will have on the patients, doctors, the government and the society. What we are […]
Winter is Coming, Build an Ark! (Ways the Bold and Brave can Give Back to WYA Europe this Holiday)
For some time now I have the impression that the winter is coming in Europe. And when I think about it, I feel the seriousness of this sentence in a similar manner Ned Stark does in the Game of Thrones series. I mean here in the intellectual and spiritual winter, not the physical one, of […]
Wanna Change the World? Strive Out of Your Comfort Zone and Commit On a Daily Basis
Interview with Fernando Alvarez de la Vega, a WYA Europe intern Just as my short visit to WYA Europe headquarters in Brussels was nearing to an end, I made my third interview with the interesting persons I met there. This time it was Fernando Alvarez. Why him, one could ask? I was wondering the same […]
In Search of Freedom for Excellence (And Why an Internship Can Help Here)
Interview with Adit Barbullushi, a WYA Europe intern Just the other day when I was visiting WYA Europe Headquarters in Brussels, an idea came to my mind. While I was seeing the guys who were staying on the internship there, and while I was talking to them, I realized that almost all of them are […]
Unconditional Love and infinite value
When a child grows up, it is fundamental that he feels loved just because he is a human person, no matter any other condition. The unconditional love of his parents has a key role in making the child aware of his infinite value. This is the root that will make him able to develop integrally. […]
