Stepping inside the United Nations During the commission on social development, I had the opportunity to step foot inside the United Nations for the first time. It has been a life-long dream to sit among working intellectuals in a forum wherein prevalent global issues get debated upon and resolutions are the expected outcome. I was […]
¡Seamos el México que queremos ver!
En 1995, en Naciones Unidas se creó la primera Plataforma de Acción sobre la mujer. Me quedé sorprendida al leer sobre la gran intervención que hizo México hace 35 años tomando en cuenta problemas que afectan a la mujer en aquel tiempo. Desafortunadamente, muchos de esos problemas siguen siendo los mismos: la violencia contra la […]
MAHLULI DUBE’S WYA INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Hailing from that wonderful land south of Nairobi, Kenya called Bulawayo, Zimbabwe…. I have had the amazing opportunity to join the World Youth Alliance as a spring intern from January 25 to May 7th 2010. So far the experience has been simply stellar. I live in a house with seven other interns who are as […]
An internship in World Youth Alliance. Bernard de Lovinfosse
I would like to express my gratitude to all whose have supported the work of the WYA and all the persons with which I have worked. I was accepted to make the internship and I hope I had given to WYA some “local colours” as one of the few Belgian interns in being accepted. This […]
WYA Oral Statement at the Commission on Social Development at the UN
Today, I had the wonderful opportunity of presenting WYA’s oral statement to the UN Commission on Social Development. The major theme of the Commission is social integration, and listening to delegates issue statements on the meaning of this phenomenon for their cultures has led me to reflect on my own experiences. When I was offered […]
WYA Austria in Sopron!
On January, 30th, the Austrian National Chapter went to Sopron, a little Hungarian city at the Hungarian-Austrian border. Besides a “culinary approach” to their neighboring country, the group had a guided tour in the city and a discussion on the effects of Communism. Congratulations and Bon Appetit!
