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A Tale of Two UN Side Events
March 31, 2016 Have Courage and Be Kind: A Tale of Two UN Side Events We hit the floor running last week, as the second week of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) began. We were getting ready for a three-hour Side Event presentation co-sponsored by...
Why did we come to UN this week?
March 18, 2016 Why Did We Come to the UN this Week? Squishing into crowded subways and dodging honking taxis, 21 members of our United Families International team have been in New York at the United Nations “Commission on the Status of Women” (CSW) this...
Talking about “gender” with your children
From the Desk of Laura Bunker There are some things we just plain dread. We put them off, dance around them, do anything to avoid them. Such as having to write this alert about the confusing world of multiple genders. And such as parents having try to...
What others may be thinking of you
March 4, 2016 Religion: What Others Are Thinking By Ann Bailey Most of us rightly care what our neighbors think of us. We value our civic relationships and want to be seen as responsible, caring citizens. Barna Group, a highly-regarded survey and research...
A Natural Death is a Dignified Death
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: It’s that time of year again, when many state legislatures and parliaments are in session, grappling with thousands of issues from Abortion to Zoning. This year a relatively new issue is making its way into governing bodies...
The New Public Health Crisis
History was made last Friday. The first ever Resolution in the U.S. (possibly the world!) that declares Pornography as a Public Health Crisis passed a Utah Senate Committee -- without a single word of opposition -- and in the words of the committee chair, “more than...
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Love and Fidelity
By Tonya Cox “The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.” ~ Sigmund Freud “It is an unprecedented time in the United States in the history of sexuality” claims the America Psychological...
We Need a Few Good Men
By Erin Weist News in the United States was recently inundated with scandals involving sexual assault. These subjects range through Hollywood celebrities, movie directors, politicians, high-profile doctors, and more. Most consist of women accusing men of assault,...
Raising Kids That Can Work
By Tonya Cox Growing up as the oldest of six children, Saturday mornings consisted of family work. It was the day to deep clean our home and attend to the yard and every family member had their own assigned tasks. Family work became part of our family culture and is a...
The Nightmare of Neglect
By Elise Ellsworth In recent years neglect and other forms of child abuse have been on the rise. These include the tragic 2016 case of a young Scottish boy, Liam Fee. Little Liam was subject to continual physical abuse, had been chained up or locked in a makeshift...
The Costs of War : Caring for Caregivers
By McKayla Skinner The celebration of Veterans Day in the United States this last week gave all the opportunity to reflect on the many sacrifices of those who have served their country. Yet it is also important to remember the unsung heroes: those military caregivers...
What Does the World Owe You? The Human Rights Question
I laughed when a colleague sent me a meme with a photo of an empty notepad that included the caption: "Here's a comprehensive list of everything you're entitled to and what the world owes you." This colleague knew that I was part...
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