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Marriage and Family
UPF organizes seminars and conferences related to strengthening marriage and family.
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Honoring Mother Teresa's Birthday in New York
- Friday, August 26, 2011
Bronx, New York, USA - The Albanian community in the Bronx honored Mother Teresa’s birthday with a food drive held on Mother Teresa Way on August 26 with Albanian businessmen, restaurant owners, community leaders, and children dressed in Albanian traditional participating.
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Parents' Day Seminar Held in Dhaka
- Thursday, July 28, 2011
Dhaka, Bangladesh - UPF-Bangladesh and the Women’s Federation for World Peace-Bangladesh jointly organized a Parents' Day Seminar entitled “Parenting with Love and Authority” on July 28 in Dhaka. The seminar was attended by about 80 educators, social workers, NGO representatives, and parents.
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Seminars in Angola on Tradition and Family
- Sunday, July 24, 2011
Luanda, Angola - Tradition, lineage, and family harmony were themes of UPF-Angola events during a visit by Special Advisor Rev. Jung Soon Cho. Meetings with government officials focused on human rights and character education.
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Conference in Athens on Women in War and Reconstruction
- Wednesday, June 8, 2011
More than 40 women leaders from the Middle East, North Africa, Gulf States, as well as from Europe and Asia, gathered in Thessaloniki, Greece in May 2011 for the fifteenth annual “Women’s Conference on Peace in the Middle East.”
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15th Middle East Women's Peace Conference
- Friday, May 27, 2011
Thessaloniki, Greece - The Women's Federation for World Peace International and its Japanese chapter organized the 15th Conference for Peace in the Middle East in Thessaloniki, Greece from May 24 to 27. Forty women from 20 countries of the Middle East, Europe, and the Far East gathered to discuss the theme "Women in War and Reconstruction."
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Seminar on Family Values in Taipei
- Sunday, May 1, 2011
Taipei, Taiwan - A seminar on family values was organized by the Universal Peace Federation and the Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) on May 1 in Taipei. The 123 participants included board members of UPF and PWPA, professors, and Ambassadors for Peace. There were Buddhists, Catholics and Unificationists.
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Inter-religious Multicultural Family Festival in Toronto
- Sunday, April 17, 2011
Toronto, Canada - The Universal Peace Federation in Toronto celebrated its fourth annual Inter-Religious Multicultural Family Festival on April 17. Guests of honor included a local police chief and mayor.
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Madrid Marriage & Family Forum: Marriage Preparation
- Saturday, April 16, 2011
Madrid, Spain - The April 16 Marriage and Family Forum at the Peace Embassy in Madrid was characterized by deep and constructive discussion as participants explored ways to encourage engaged couples to deepen their relationship on God, making a solid foundation for their marriage and family.
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Conference in Virginia on Gender Complementarity, Relationships, and the Family
- Saturday, March 19, 2011
A hundred students and faculty from several colleges attended a conference on “Sex Differences in Relationships and the Complementarity between Men and Women” on March 19, 2011 at the University of Virginia.
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Madrid Marriage & Family Forum: Communication in Marriage
- Sunday, March 13, 2011
Madrid, Spain - The first Marriage and Family seminar of the new year focused on communication in marriage. It took place on March 13 at the Peace Embassy in Madrid.
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A Parallel Event of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women
- Thursday, March 3, 2011
New York, USA - Presentations given at the program “Women and the World at a Turning Point,” hosted at the Nigeria House on March 2. Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Nigeria and Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the United Nations, in partnership with the Universal Peace Federation. [See report.]
Download: Powerpoint Report, Session Program
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Kazakhstan Stands for Family Values
- Saturday, January 15, 2011
Almaty, Kazakhstan - UPF-Kazakhstan held a conference on the theme of “Ideal family as the foundation for world peace” on January 15 to inspire young people about the vision for creating ideal families.
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