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Prostitution or “Sex Work”
May 16, 2023 One of the phrases often heard, or debated, at the United Nations is “sex work,” a.k.a. prostitution. What is the impact of normalizing and legalizing prostitution? Is this really just another potential career path for women? In this week’s Issue...
Happy Mother’s Day!
May 12, 2023 Last week I shared with you the anti-mother/anti-family attack being made on Motherhood and the beautiful speech given by one of our writers, a former UFI intern, at the UN's Commission on the Status of Women this past March. If you missed it (which you...
Mother’s Day is Controversial
May 2, 2023 In the UN world, Mother’s Day has been controversial for a couple of decades, with the CEDAW compliance committee, back in the early 2000s, telling the country of Belarus to get rid of Mother’s Day because it perpetuated “negative stereotypes” and Armenia...
Huge Victory at the UN!
Huge Victory at the UN! Pro-Family Countries Hold their Ground against Western Bullies On April 14, few people were aware of the intense drama playing out in the halls of the United Nations. The Commission on Population and Development, or CPD, was in its final...
Our “You Can Sue Me Later” Society
April 4, 2023 From the desk of Wendy Wixom: Our last Issue Update filled you in on our recent experience at the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women meetings. As noted previously, we didn't think we were going to have a CSW event this year, and last...
“That Image Will Haunt Me”
Report on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) The first in-person UN Commission on Status of Women (CSW), since the onset of COVID, finished up in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 18. The negotiated outcome document or “Agreed Conclusions” was...
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What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
July 19, 2023 By Jamie Gordon Imagine that you are married with children, and your spouse becomes ill. Would you raise your children and care for your spouse the best you could? It is not easy to be a single parent, but it is even harder to take on the challenges of a...
Traits of a Good Father
July 14, 2023 by Micol Collins What do paternal leadership and authority mean? Social history provides us with a record of what paternal leadership and authority shouldn’t be like. Some of the earliest American records of such misinterpretations come from colonial...
My Childhood Abuse
June 28, 2023 The writer of this article wishes to remain anonymous. I am an adult survivor of childhood abuse. The effects of the abuse have stayed with me throughout my lifetime. My story is different from other survivors in some respects, but it is also the...
A Different Kind of Love
June 14, 2023 By Jamie Gordon The day was Thursday, April 16, 1998, a day that I had anticipated for a long time, it was the day that I would marry my best friend! It was the most amazing day, and then our married life began. We had ups and downs like any marriage,...
Whatever The Reason?
May 30, 2023 by Micol Collins I was listening to my favorite music on the radio when an ad began streaming. The ad started telling the audience that it was okay to not like a particular flavor of ice cream, a job, etc. Quickly, it escalated to include the fact that it...
What Do Kids Want? Quality Time with Parents.
May 24, 2023 by Natalie Burr The rise of dual income households has led to less time spent with children. Parents spend an average of only three and a half hours a day with their kids. This time includes daily chores, making dinner, running errands, etc. My family is...
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