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Marriage and Family
UPF organizes seminars and conferences related to strengthening marriage and family.
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Year-End Review of UPF-Spain's Marriage & Family Initiative
- Thursday, December 30, 2010
Madrid, Spain - Various seminars took place during 2010 as part of UPF-Spain's Marriage and Family Initiative.
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2011 Schedule Announced for Marriage and Family Series in Madrid
- Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Madrid, Spain - UPF-Spain announces the schedule for its Marriage and Family Peace Initiative programs for 2011.
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Forum in the Peruvian Congress on Preventing Family Violence
- Saturday, December 4, 2010
Lima, Peru - Ambassadors for Peace in Peru held a conference in the Peruvian Congress on Dec. 4, 2010, about strategies to prevent family violence. Later in the month they distributed Christmas gifts to children in poor neighborhoods.
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UPF-Peru Cosponsors a Conference of Peruvian Women
- Saturday, November 20, 2010
Lima, Peru - Approximately 200 people attended the Fourth Annual Conference of Peruvian Women on November 20, which emphasized the role of women as the main initiators of peace from their place in the home environment to the highest public positions in the nation.
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Madrid Marriage & Family Forum: The Culture of Marriage
- Sunday, November 14, 2010
Madrid, Spain - Marriage is a very important step in life, based on a man and a woman desiring to start a new life together with the blessing of God. They will no more be individuals but a couple in love, unity and harmony with the purpose to create a relationship for eternity and to give birth to children. Knowing that marriage it is so important, we held a seminar on November 14 to proclaim its value and the best ways to keep it solid and unbreakable.
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Programs to Strengthen Marriage and Family in Panama
- Friday, October 22, 2010
Panama City, Panama - Eighty-six people attended UPF-Panama's annual Marriage Forum in Panama City on Oct. 21, 2010.
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Promoting a Family-Friendly Culture
- Sunday, October 10, 2010
By sharing innovative approaches to strengthening marriage, parenting and families, we can gain inspiration and practical ideas for projects and methods to impact our communities. Ambassadors for Peace around the world are working to strengthen the family by organizing family centers, operating educational projects, advocating for family-friendly policies. The following presentations were given at regional, international or UN conferences.
Ways Municipal Councils Can Promote Marriage
Nick Gulliford, FOCCUS Scoring Centre, UK
"Couples who have pre-marriage education are a third less likely to divorce. We want this type of support for couples to be routine in Britain."
Rationale for Marriage Preparation
Edward Hartley, Chairman, UPF-UK Marriage and Family Initiative
"We need a discussion and sharing of ideas about what can be done to better market and promote use of marriage education programs."
The Root of Peace Is the Family
Tan Sri Datin Paduka Zaleha Ismail, Chair, Chairman, National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia
"The agenda of my government agency is development and improving the quality of life, which means basically a healthy society. This institution that I am heading can do a great deal to strengthen the base of families and promote peace building initiatives."
Reducing AIDS through Moral Education
Simon Mulongo, Presidential Resident District Commissioner, Uganda
"In 1984 Uganda had a population of 18 million people and 1.5 million of them were infected with HIV/AIDS. The rate was growing at between 26-31 percent per year. We managed to fight this scourge through moral education, and the infection has dropped to between 4 and 6 percent in various places in the country."
A Call to Preserve the Institution of the Family
Sharon Slater, President, Family Watch International
"Article 16 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights states that the family is 'the natural and fundamental group unit of society' which 'is entitled to protection by society and the State.' Article 29 outlines the rights of Member States to establish laws that meet 'just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.'”
Promoting Marriage and Family in Croatia
Darka and Marijo Živković, Family Center, Zagreb, Croatia
"We are promoting lifelong joyful, successful and beautiful marriages and families in Croatia. We believe this is achievable by everybody who desires it and uses proper methods to realize it."
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The Suffering Heart of the World's Children
- Sunday, October 10, 2010
Madrid, Spain - With a desire to understand more deeply about the suffering heart of children in the world, we invited advocates from Palestine and Kashmir to speak at our Marriage and Family seminar on October 10.
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The Value of the Family
- Friday, October 1, 2010
Bringing world peace means addressing and solving concrete problems worldwide such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, mental health, violence, prejudice, gender inequality, elder neglect, child and domestic abuse, teen pregnancy, and drug and alcohol abuse. Although the approaches to solving these problems must be multi-faceted, it is important to realize the importance of strengthening the family for ameliorating and preventing these critical issues. UPF looks at some of these international challenges to society and world peace and points out the correlation between the breakdown of the family and devaluing of marriage. Building a culture that will sustain peacefulness and stability can only be accomplished when we gain clarity about sexuality, the responsibilities of parents, the importance of marital commitment, and the needs of children for optimum development.
For research and articles about the impact of changing family patterns, see Smart Marriages website.
A selection of articles by Ambassadors for Peace:
A New Perspective on the Family
Iso Iriarte, Senior Advisor, Pohnpei Council of Chiefs, Micronesia
"In our traditional family structure, fathers do not have very much to do with the welfare of the children. But now I join my wife in looking after, bathing, dressing, and playing with my five-year-old son."
Peace in the Family
Galina A. Kharitonova, President, Life NGO, Russia
"Whoever recognizes the importance of peace in the life of the human being will surely strive and will achieve accord with all people and will cooperate with others for the sake of keeping peace among all peoples."
The Importance of Family
Dr. Ruta Pels, Chairman, People to People, Estonia
"The family members can explain to children the need for solidarity between poor and rich, old and young, and healthy and sick people. Only God-centered values and social values help to change the attitude of children toward the important things in the world."
Harmonious Families as Pillars of Peace
Hermenegilde Rwantabagu, Academic Affairs Leader, University of Burundi
"Within the African tradition, it is often said that the family makes children by providing them with a livelihood and by molding their personality, while children make the family by giving it cohesion and a sense of mission and responsibility."
The Family: Crucible of Character
June Saunders, Educator and Author, USA
"We all know that parents are their children’s first teachers. This includes teaching children about good character."
Sexual Purity and Strong Marriage as Bases for Peace
Lynn Walsh, Director, UPF Office of Marriage and Family
"Our highest, most authentic self is experienced in getting out of our own perspective to understand and accept others. God created us as beings that at our core are motivated and fulfilled through love."
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Offering Commentary on Angola National Television
- Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Luanda, Angola - Representatives of UPF-Angola have been invited by Angola's national television station to appear on the 10/12 program to comment on issues. A recent program addressed the topic: "Polygamy: Value or Anti-Value?"
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Ambassadors for Peace Women's Initiative
- Friday, July 9, 2010
The Ambassadors for Peace Women's Initiative supports UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which calls for increasing involvement of women in preventing and resolving conflicts, peace negotiations, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconstruction.
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Women Promote Good Governance in Nepal
- Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Kathmandu, Nepal - “Women need to be involved in every area of society, including those more traditionally dominated by men,” Dr. Mohini Giri, Chairwoman of India’s Guild of Service and founding president of the Women's Federation for World Peace-India, told a June 23 forum in Nepal that included four Members of Parliament. She specifically named the legal profession, politics, and economic enterprises.
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