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Marriage and Family
UPF organizes seminars and conferences related to strengthening marriage and family.
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Interfaith Discussion about the Family in the Parliament of Finland
- Thursday, June 5, 2008
The UPF-Finland held an interfaith panel discussion at the Parliament House on June 5, 2008 on the question “How important is the family for us and the society?”
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A Focus on Family Values in Russia
- Thursday, June 5, 2008
Russian Ambassadors for Peace decided to conduct in Moscow and other cities and regions of Russia a series of public events during 2008 under the motto “Peace in Heart - Love in the Family – Peace on Earth.” Our overall goal is to build a sustainable civil coalition that is able to provide national leadership to promote patriotic and family values, living for the sake of others, civic accord, peace and reconciliation, interethnic and interreligious cooperation, and dialogue among cultures and civilizations, through arts and culture, sports, service, and education.
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Dialogue Between African and Spanish Women
- Saturday, May 31, 2008
On May 31, the Women's Federation for World Peace in Spain celebrated an event promoting Dialogue and Friendship between African and Spanish Women. Around 200 people attended the program.
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Practical Guidance for Families in Spain
- Sunday, April 20, 2008
The Universal Peace Federation in cooperation with Faithlink Spain is planning a series of talks on the family. Our first conference took place on April 20, in our Peace Embassy, located in Ronda de Segovia 50, Madrid. On this first occasion the psychiatrist José M. López Molina spoke on the theme of sex, drugs, and alcohol. His talk was much more philosophical and spiritual than the sociological and statistical approach that tends to be the standard in this kind of talks.
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Education on Family Values in Panama
- Thursday, April 17, 2008
Panama City, Panama - Panama and its 3 million people are finding new energy as a strategically important nation for uniting the Americas. The Central American nation is e strategic transportation link and a financial hub, but 40 percent of the population is poor and there are serious drug-abuse and moral problems among the youth. Because of this, many government and civic leaders are inspired to become Ambassadors for Peace.
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Empowering Zimbabwe Women through Education and Micro-finance
- Sunday, April 13, 2008
The International Relief Friendship Foundation trained 20 women from a poor area of Harare in microfinancing on Oct. 27, 2007 and gave them a small grant to start selling vegetables.
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UK Marriage and Family Committee Research
- Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Marriage and Family Committee of the UPF National Peace Council spent one year investigating what the field of marriage and family in the UK entails, and gave their report on April 10, 2008.
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Discussing Marriage and Family in Birmingham
- Tuesday, April 1, 2008
“We can’t fit any more people in” Patricia was overhead saying to Velimira, at about 8.00 pm on the evening of April 1, 2008. “We’d better lock the door.”
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Women as Ambassadors for Peace in the Community
- Sunday, March 30, 2008
The fifth anniversary of the Watford Bridge of Peace was celebrated on March 30, 2008 at the Multi-Cultural Community Center in Watford, a town 34 kilometers northwest of London.
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St. Petersburg Forum on Strengthening the Family
- Friday, July 20, 2007
UPF-Eurasia Assistant Secretary General Konstantin Krylov came from Moscow for the occasion, and gave the welcoming address, reporting on UPF history and activities worldwide. Then, St. Petersburg UPF Director Ilya Zakharov gave presentations on the "Need for Character Education" and "the Family as the School of Love."
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Seminar in Russia on Strengthening the Family
- Friday, July 20, 2007
St. Petersburg, Russia - The UPF chapter of St. Petersburg, Russia, held its second regional meeting in the form of a seminar on "Strengthening the Family as the Foundation for a Stable Society."
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World Peace Blessing in Korea, July 2007
- Thursday, July 5, 2007
Cheonan, Korea - The 1,634 couples participating in the July 5, 2007 World Peace Blessing in Cheonan, Korea included some newlywed couples and others rededicating their unions.
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