United Families International was privileged to have university students accompany us to the Commission on the Status of Women. Elizabeth Warner shares what she learned while at the United Nations. While at the Commission on the Status of Women, I met so many amazing and passionate...
by Candice LeSueur Attending the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 61) at the UN this past week was an unforgettable experience for me, as well as one I definitely had not expected. Back in high school, I was lucky enough to...
by Angela Fallentine The 61st Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations is underway in New York and the United Families International team is on the ground attending and monitoring events. The theme for this year’s CSW is “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the...
We're handing YOU the mic! No matter how small you think your voice is, as a mother, never before has your voice had the opportunity to be heard like it is now. Right now, at the United Nations there’s a pretty fierce battle over motherhood taking place....
by Ashley Corbaley In September of last year Thai law professor and homosexual activist, Vitit Muntarbhorn, was appointed the first UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and Gender Identity. There was and is great opposition to the Independent Expert’s position. On November 21st the UN voted 84-77...
by Breaunna Stone Based out of New York City, and Geneva, Switzerland, the United Nations is a headquarters where countries come together to discuss and make decisions on international policy that ranges from the sanctity of life, to water quality, to economic policy. The documents and...
by Diane Robertson The news and social media have been flooded with opinions about Muslims, refugees, and immigration. I am not an expert on immigration law. I do not know enough about the war-torn countries that many families and individuals are fleeing to form an opinion...
by Diane Robertson California State Legislature is at it again. This time, they are considering taking the right of parents to make decisions for their children and giving it fully to the state. Introduced on the Senate floor on Dec 5th, SB 18 would, “establish a comprehensive...
by Ashley Corbaley "Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." -Alexander Hamilton Families are the fundamental unit of society. Everything good and bad in this world can boil down to the family. In today’s society the family is being attacked at every corner. Good family values...
by Erin Weist Following a petition and protest by thousands of Mexican citizens standing against redefining marriage in Mexican law, a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage was shut down last week as the Commission on Constitutional Matters voted against the measure 19-8. The National Front for...