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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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Gender is so simple a child understands, until that is, they’re taught otherwise
March 24, 2023 by Tara Bleazard My first-grader jumped in the van after school, and before the seat belt even clicked, she quickly blurted out, “Charlie is actually a girl. Sara told me that they were twin baby girls when they were born, but that Charlie wants to be a...
The Two Sides of the Pendulum
March 21, 2023 by Sydney Stratton Attending the United Nations has been one of my life's most interesting learning experiences. The UN has been so much more than I expected and it is incredible to have the opportunity to be here, learning and growing from powerful...
What do women really want?
March 18, 2023 by Lexi Goodman From my disadvantaged position in the room, I could not see the speaker’s face, merely her monotonous voice that uttered sentences without any seemingly coherent thought. And although I couldn’t see the face behind the voice, I could...
Learning From the United and Divided Nations
March 18, 2023 by Mylie Critchlow Being at the United Nations has been an overall unimaginable experience. With so many different cultures and backgrounds on every corner, I never know who I might have the chance of meeting. Whether it was the kind, Ethiopian woman in...
Children Deserve a Happy and Healthy Home
March 10, 2023 by Abby Cherry Facing the truth that you will never live under the same roof as both of your parents at the same time is something I wish no one in the world had to experience. Growing up, I was blessed to be raised in a home with a mom and a dad. I was...
Empowering Families through Education
March 10, 2023 by Shelby Allen The United Nations is full of a variety of people who come from different nations, speak different languages, and have different beliefs. It’s amazing to see so many people with all of these differences coming together working towards...
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