Marriage and Family
UPF organizes seminars and conferences related to strengthening marriage and family.
- Written by: UPF-Australia
Melbourne, Australia—Peace-building seminar studied the family, celebrated interfaith marriage rededications, and honored Ambassadors for Peace.
- Written by: UPF-France
Paris, France—The consequences of a law making medically assisted procreation easier were discussed at a Paris forum.
- Written by: UPF-Nigeria
Daudu, Nigeria—UPF-Nigeria sponsored a Marriage and Family Peace Blessing Festival that attracted 1,337 couples representing different denominations and ethnic backgrounds.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Benue State, Nigeria—UPF-Nigeria sponsored series of Family Peace Blessing Festivals to commemorate 58th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence.
- Written by: Ellen van Kampen, UPF-Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany—The guest speaker at a UPF program showed how to have constructive communication in the family and elsewhere.
- Written by: Hermine Schellen, secretary general, UPF-Lebanon
Ketermaya, Lebanon—On the occasion of the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha UPF-Lebanon organized a family festival at a refugee camp in the village of Ketermaya.
- Written by: David Earle, UPF-Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom—Sixty couples from many different backgrounds took part in a World Peace Blessing held by UPF and an affiliated organization.
- Written by: Ing-Marie Hedberg Kikuchi, secretary general, UPF-Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden—Members of the Swedish-Thai community took part in a UPF Family Celebration and a World Peace Awards ceremony.
- Written by: Patricia Wenzel, FFWPU-Stuttgart, and Hubert Arnoldi, UPF-Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany—About 110 members of the MIHR Foundation, a Muslim group, attended a UPF event that included a World Peace Blessing.
- Written by: Gregor Sattler, UPF-Bonn
Bonn, Germany—Attachment, the deep emotional bond that underlies the parent-child relationship, was the topic of a talk organized by UPF.
- Written by: Dr. Robert S. Kittel, president, Youth and Students for Peace
Bangkok, Thailand—Thirty-four participants from 10 nations participated in an Asian Leadership Conference (ALC) that took place in Bangkok.
- Written by: Lynn Walsh, director, UPF Office of Marriage and Family Education
New York, United States—During the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, UPF co-sponsored a program on empowering rural girls and women.