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Marriage and Family
UPF organizes seminars and conferences related to strengthening marriage and family.
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Ethiopians Explore the Empowerment of Women
- Friday, November 27, 2015
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—UPF-Ethiopia leaders and four Ambassadors for Peace took part in a conference on women’s role in Africa’s sustainable development.
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Germans Talk about Saving Unborn Children
- Sunday, November 22, 2015
Stuttgart, Germany—Universal Children’s Day 2015 was observed with a talk about giving pregnant women the choice to save their baby.
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Indonesians Participate in Seminar and Family Blessing
- Sunday, November 22, 2015
Manado, Indonesia—UPF-Indonesia, together with a local pastor and his wife, organized a seminar and marriage rededication and Blessing ceremony on November 21 and 22, 2015.
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Couples Affirm Marriage at Interfaith Peace Blessing in Thailand
- Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Huatapan, Thailand—UPF-Thailand held an Interfaith Peace Blessing Festival on November 17, 2015, which more than 110 couples and 192 people attended.
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UPF-Indonesia Seminar on Family Education
- Sunday, November 8, 2015
Bogor, Indonesia—More than 50 people gathered for a family education seminar on the theme, “Building Harmonious Families–Our Shared Responsibility,” organized by UPF-Indonesia.
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UPF Commemorates 21st Anniversary of International Year of the Family
- Wednesday, November 4, 2015
New York, New York—UPF commemorated the 21st anniversary of the UN’s International Year of the Family by co-sponsoring a forum on “Raising Children of Peace" on November 4, 2015.
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Peace Blessing Festival Held in Sikkim, India
- Sunday, November 1, 2015
Gangtok, India—Two-hundred and fifteen couples, including two government ministers of Sikkim state in northern India, attended a marriage rededication and peace Blessing ceremony on November 1.
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UPF Participates in World Congress of Families
- Friday, October 30, 2015
Salt Lake City, United States—UPF organized a session and presented at a panel discussion at the World Congress of Families IX, a gathering of scholars; political, civic and religious leaders; and advocates united to support the natural family, from October 27 to 30.
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UPF Hosts Fifteenth Asian Leadership Conference
- Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Bangkok, Thailand—UPF in Asia co-hosted the 15th Asian Leadership Conference on the theme, “UPF’s Principles of Peace: The Foundation for Global Peace and Sustainable Development.”
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Conference Proposes a Vision for Revitalizing the Family in Japan
- Saturday, September 12, 2015
Tokyo, Japan—Addressing the rapidly aging population and declining birth rate in Japan was the focus of a conference UPF organized on September 12.
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1,500 Attend Peace Blessing as Nepalese Lawmakers Redraw State Lines
- Saturday, August 8, 2015
Kathmandu, Nepal—An overflow crowd of 1,500 people attended a marriage rededication and peace Blessing ceremony co-organized by UPF-Nepal.
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Marriage Blessings Spread from Capital to a Small Village
- Saturday, August 1, 2015
In August 2015, UPF-Cambodia held an Interfaith Peace Blessing Ceremony in the capital, Phnom Penh. One of the participants was so inspired, he organized another Marriage Blessing in his remote village shortly thereafter.
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