Civil Society Groups Ask the UN to End Demand for Prostitution
NEW YORK, July 11 (C-Fam) At a recent UN meeting on human trafficking, civil society groups asked UN member states to recognize prostitution and pornography as key drivers of trafficking. The groups challenged the UN narrative that prostitution can be a dignified profession, referring to it as an inherently exploitative system that hurts women. UN agencies stayed silent on the need to end the demand for prostitution.
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Radical Social Policies on Full Display at UN Human Rights Council
NEW YORK, July 4 (C-Fam) UN human rights officials took over the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council to promote divisive social policies, including advocating for “gender-affirming care” services for migrants and criticizing countries that do not support pride marches, LGBT-friendly curricula in schools, and the killing of the unborn.
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Top UN Women’s Rights Expert Declares War on Gender Ideology
GENEVA, June 27 (C-Fam) A war of words has broken out at the UN as the top UN human rights official for women told governments to define gender based on biological sex. She also told governments to stop using gender-neutral language in referring women. “You cannot protect what you cannot define,” said Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls.
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Turkey Vows Government-Wide Fight Against Gender Ideology
NEW YORK, June 6 (C-Fam) In line with President Erdoğan’s priorities, the Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Services has demanded its regional offices and other executive agencies adopt a unified stance against “gender”, “gender identity,” “sexual orientation,” and “LGBT.” The Ministry said these terminologies contradict Turkey’s moral values and undermine family structures.
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Argentina Leaves the WHO and Joins U.S. in New Health System
NEW YORK, May 30 (C-Fam) As part of an official meeting with the U.S. Health Chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Argentina reaffirmed its decision to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) and, together with the United States, replace it with an alternative international health system.
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New WHO Guidance Calls for Injectable Contraceptives for Kids
NEW YORK, May 23 (C-Fam) The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new guideline on preventing adolescent pregnancies in low and middle-income countries. The proposed framework advances a vision of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for young people that promotes controversial ideas, and norm changes inconsistent with what governments have agreed to.
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UN Uses AI to Target Adolescents on Controversial Issues
NEW YORK, May 16 (C-Fam) Under the guise of tackling “misinformation,” UN agencies are using AI to spy on adolescent attitudes toward contraception, abortion access, and sexual identity in the global south and target them with information that will change their views on these topics.
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The Radicalization of UN Youth Forum
NEW YORK, April 24 (C-Fam) The recently concluded UN Youth Forum platformed young voices advocating for some of the most controversial UN policies and programs, promoting young people as key agents for the achievement of the abortion and gender ideology agendas. Panelists asked for the development of technologies that promote abortion access, AI systems that normalize non-conventional gender roles and sexual identities, and apps that offer widespread access to sexuality education.
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The “anti-rights” campaign at the UN Heats Up
NEW YORK, March 28 (C-Fam) As the successes of conservative movements at the UN have become impossible for progressives to ignore, gatekeepers throughout the UN system have increasingly closed ranks against what they derisively refer to as the “backlash” and “pushback” from so-called “anti-rights” groups.
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“Catholics for Choice” Risks UN Status by Launching Attack on UN Observer State
NEW YORK March 21 (C-Fam) Catholics for Choice openly attacked the Vatican at a UN Women’s Conference, calling the Holy See a “threat to religious freedom and women’s rights” and asking for its removal from the UN. Such a hostile act against a UN member state could cost Catholics for Choice its UN consultative status.
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