by United Families International | Mar 17, 2010 | Environmentalism, UN
After two weeks of intense work in the halls of the United Nations our UFI delegation has returned home. Although we are a bit beaten and bruised, our efforts helped ensure that the policies coming out of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) were truly positive...
by United Families International | Mar 10, 2010 | Family Planning, UFI Blog, UN
By Joshua James You may have not been heavily involved in the sex education conversation before. Up to a couple months ago, I wasn’t. But I’ve realized that now’s the time to be involved, because sex education is scary business. The opposition is doing all it can to...
by United Families International | Mar 10, 2010 | Abortion, Constitution, UFI, UFI Blog, UN
Utah’s current legislation for Utah State House Bill 12 has been a hot topic throughout the country, even with an article in the New York Times (with a quote from Laura Bunker, President of UFI Utah!) printed in February. House Bill 12 says that a woman found to have...
by United Families International | Mar 8, 2010 | Religious Freedom, UFI Blog, UN, Women's Rights
“Women’s rights will never be fully realized until we end the suffocating influence of religion.” Or try this: “Secularization is the answer to the oppression of women.” Versions of those lines are regularly repeated at the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women....
by United Families International | Mar 5, 2010 | UFI Blog, UN
By Joshua James Right now I’m sitting on a retro brown chair in the basement of the UN building, waiting for an event to end. Originally I sat down to finish a blog or two, but got a little distracted. The first distraction came when a woman from Mozambique passed by....
by United Families International | Mar 4, 2010 | Abstinence, Sex Education, UFI, UFI Blog, UN
This afternoon Heather and I heard IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation) talk about youth led sexual & reproductive rights advocacy. The panel consisted of (from left in the picture) a translator, a man from Mexico, a woman from Tunisia, a physician...
