25 Good Tidings of Great Joy!

01 

A study on HDC is conducted by the University of Florida and St. Mary’s University, in a public school in Kansas and a private school in Canada; publications forthcoming in 2024.

02

The Kenya National Family Policy adopts WYA advocacy language on the family.

03

WYA Asia Pacific is awarded a grant from the Philippines Commission on Human Rights. 

04

WYA attends the March for Life in D.C., celebrating human dignity and the road ahead post-Roe.

05 

In February, UN Women remove WYA members from its Virtual Youth Forum; members post statements in response on social media.

06

WYA launches global classroom for the Certified Training Program and Advocacy Academy, tackling hot-button questions related to assisted suicide, abortion, reproductive health and more.

07

WYA officially launches the Certified Training Program (CTP) in Portuguese and Italian.

08

WYA Africa selects its first Advocacy Fellow, Nyingi Wahome, to monitor key debates in Kenya and East Africa.

09

WYA President, Paula Lopez visits WYA Africa regional office and speaks to over 500 young people.

10

HDC is implemented by partners in Paraguay, Nigeria, Ecuador and Lebanon. 

11

WYA members launch new chapters in Mexico, Ghana, Uganda, Guinea, Lithuania, Libya, and the USA.

12

WYA presents HDC and FEMM to the Philippines Congress, in response to the teen pregnancy bill.

13

The International Solidarity Forum is held in Pamplona; participants draft the Foreign Aid and Coercion.

14

2023 Viktor Frankl Awards celebrate an outstanding member from each region.

15

WYA members become FEMM Ambassadors in Palestine, Peru, Lebanon, Tunisia and Venezuela.

16

Local news features ‘first time in history’ Kansas Principal speaking at UN about HDC.

17

WYA’s 3rd Annual International Summer School on Bioethics and Human Rights takes place in Croatia.

18

WYA Africa brings HDC to children in remand homes and rehabilitation centers.

19

WYA advocacy attends OAS General Assembly; all WYA language proposals adopted.

20

WYA Europe receives two grants from the European Commission.

21

Internships and Advocacy Fellowships draw talent from Lebanon and Egypt.

22

HDC is taught in first Cameroon High School by trained member and former intern.

23

WYA Europe wins the European Citizen’s Prize for Down Syndrome Day Conference.

24

San Isidro, becomes the first local government in the world to endorse HDC for adoption in all public schools in their town.

25

HDC grows in the Philippines with new institutional partners, to reach thousands of students through schools and youth centers in 2024.