Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - La Fédération pour la paix universelle du Burkina Faso a organisé un Festival mondial pour la paix dans le cadre de la célébration de la journée internationale des familles et de la Tournée mondiale pour la paix. C'est cinq de jours de célébration de la paix dans les deux principales villes du Burkina Faso : Ouagadougou et Bobo-Dioulasso.
Hagamos un compromiso para hacer siquiera una pequeña diferencia en nuestras familias, comenzando con nuestra pequeña familia, que es nuestro marido, esposa, madre, padre, hijos. Pero entonces extendámosla, porque el mundo entero es nuestra familia.
З 14 по 17 травня у мальовничому куточку Кримського півострова в Міжнародному Дитячому Центрі «Артек» проходив фінал Всеукраїнського фестивалю «Мама, тато, я – спортивна сім’я». Захід було проведено Всеукраїнським центром фізичного здоров’я населення «Спорт для всіх» та Федерації Всесвітнього миру за ініціативи «Фонду Мрія про мир».
Cuatrocientos sesenta personas asistieron a la celebración del Día Internacional de las Familias el 16 de mayo en la Intendencia de la ciudad de Quito. Un funcionario de la UNICEF, el Dr. Juan Vásconez, dio una explicación acerca de este día especial de la ONU en honor de la familia.
Lyon, France - Une centaine de participants se sont retrouvés joyeusement pour célébrer cette journée internationale des familles. Un rassemblement multicolore, pour lequel beaucoup de mamans avaient revêtu leurs costumes traditionnels.
Buenos Aires, Argentina - En Argentina el Día Internacional de las Familias, fecha establecida por la ONU, se celebró el 15 de mayo con un acto intercultural en Buenos Aires organizado por la Federación para la Paz Universal (UPF), que este ao adhirió al festejo con distintas actividades alrededor del mundo: educativas, culturales, sociales, deportivas, etc. bajo el lema Creando un mundo de paz: Una familia a la vez.
Caracas, Venezuela - El Día Internacional de las Familias, proclamado por la ONU, lo celebramos en Caracas el 15 de mayo con un grupo de 40 participantes en una conferencia sobre el tema de la “Familia como la Escuela de la Paz”. También presentamos un video con las actividades en el nivel mundial de la Federación para la Paz Universal.
Niamey, Niger - The president of the Niger chapter of the Universal Peace Federation, El Hadj Abdou Daouda, died in an accident on May 15, 2009. He was Minister of National Competitiveness and the Fight Against the High Cost of Living.
El día sábado 9 de Mayo de 2009, se realizó en el Radisson Montevideo Victoria Plaza Hotel, la celebración del “Día Internacional de las Familias” con el Lema: “Creando un Mundo de Paz, Una Familia a la Vez”.
Welcome to the UPF resource page for the Marriage and Family Initiative and the UN International Day of Families observances. Here you will find a variety of materials to help you create a successful program, including flyers, banners, program guides, and other resources.
How to use this resource (.docx)
Click on the tabs below to see the resources for each section.
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We offer two options for each session. You can decide which option works best for you; and it is fine to take Option A for one session and Option B for another session, just as you like. You don't have to follow the entire schedule, or have all the sessions, or have them in the sequence shown here. You can also substitute in your own content, and if you do, please let us know what you did and how it worked out. For more information or to discuss a proposed program, you can email UPF's Director of Marriage and Family Education, Mrs. Lynn Walsh.
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Option A Handout: UPF Marriage and Family Statement |
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Presentation: UPF Recent Highlights Handout: UPF Marriage and Family Statement |
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Option A Presentation: Benefits of Marriage (Russian) Why get married? Why stay married? This interactive session invites people to contribute their responses and promotes a vision of the family as the school of love. Research findings on the benefits of marriage to both the couple and their children are introduced and discussed.
Handout: 30 Reasons Why Marriage Is Important Handout: National Divorce League Table |
Option B Presentation: Promoting a Marriage-Friendly Culture Building on “The Benefits of Marriage” presentation, this interactive session introduces strategies to promote strong and stable marriages. Group discussions stimulate people to make plans for additional ways their community and nation can support thriving, lasting marriages.
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Option A Presentation: Family as a School of Love and Peace The family is the primary human institution and is considered sacred by religions throughout the world. This presentation explores how people grow in love through family relations and learn to related with others as members of the broader human family. The World Peace Blessing is introduced as a public commitment to honoring the oneness of the human family.
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Option B Presentation: Solving Moral Confusion Universal values, expressed in the world’s religions, guide our personal behavior and relations with others. Created in the divine image as male and female, we are called to exercise both freedom and responsibility as we grow in love. This presentation describes human sexuality, consummated in marriage, as sacred and the origin of love, life, and lineage. Handout: Religious Insights on Marriage and Family Group Discussion/Questions |
Session 4: Building Better Family Relationships |
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Option A Presentation: Really Listening Somehow we forget how different our spouse is from us and yet we want them to understand us or do things the way we would. If we want to bridge some of the gaps, the key is effective listening. But research has shown that most of us do not listen well (and many spouses would say the same). In this session we introduce some tried and true listening structures that promote empathy, deeper understanding, and emotional safety. These skills are practiced in this session so the participant can get a sense of how to bring these skills home to spark better connections. Handout: The Speaker-Listener Technique Handout: Tools to Improve Communication |
Option B Presentation: Parenting Teens What to do when your teen’s behavior is scaring you out of your wits? If the family is the school of love, parents are the teachers. How we respond when we are upset with our adolescent offers a challenging but important opportunity to teach about relationships and values. This interactive program gives parents opportunities to learn skills that build positive relationships with their children while modeling good communication.
Handout: Parenting Teens Handout |
Session 5: Marriage and Family as Instruments of Peace |
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Option A Presentation: World Peace Blessing This presentation introduces God’s original ideal of the family and how it was broken by the human fall that corrupted love and divided people from one another and their creator. The World Peace Blessings, instituted by Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon, are central to their vision of bringing together the human family under God, transcending boundaries of religion, race, culture, and nationality. Handout: Sun Myung Moon on Marriage Group Discussion/Questions |
Option B Presentation: Marriage, My Spiritual Path Marriage provides us with the most fulfilling and personal challenge: how does one imperfect person learn to truly love another imperfect person? Most of us tend to think, “If he or she would only do this or be that, then I would be happy.” However, when we see marriage as a spiritual path for our growth, the change in our perspective can be the change we are actually looking for. Handout: Marriage and Spiritual Growth |
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Option C Presentation: Family Values and Peace In order to have citizens capable of creating peace in the world, we need stable families that instill values and capacities for peacebuilding. Marriage and the family serve a unique and essential purpose for optimum human development. Research is showing that straying from that purpose weakens the family, increasing disadvantages for the next generation and the future. Clarifying the value of the family will help us strengthen this essential building block of peace.
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Una preparación exitosa para el matrimonio Construyendo matrimonios sanos, firmes y felices La ética del verdadero amor y la sexualidad ¿Cuál debería ser la relación sexual ideal entre marido y esposa? |
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2012 Theme: Ensuring Work Family Balance |
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Banner 240in x 60in (609cm x 152cm) Blank, jpg 7.4MB Blank with English titles, jpg 10.7MB Editable Vector, pdf 6.9MB |
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Flyer (A4) Blank, jpg 1.9MB Blank with English titles, jpg 2.8MB Editable Vector, pdf 6.2MB |
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Podium 24in x 24in (61cm x 61cm) Blank, jpg 2.9MB Blank with English titles, jpg 3.8MB Editable Vector, pdf 13.9MB |
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2010 Theme: The Impact of Migration on Families Around the World
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2009 Theme: Mothers and Families
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2009 video report of the International Day of Families |
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Santa Catarina, Brasil – Tuvo lugar una serie de eventos en el sur de Brasil por la Gira para la Paz Global de la UPF Tour en abril. Estos eventos incluyeron una marcha por la paz, las actividades de servicio, una conferencia internacional, y un festival. Los eventos fueron posibles gracias a los Embajadores para la Paz y fueron patrocinados por organizaciones locales y el ayuntamiento.