Islamic Human Rights Body Comes Out Against “Woke” Agenda
An Islamic Human Rights Commission has condemned Western efforts to impose homosexual and transgender issues internationally. Additionally, they have called on diplomats from Islamic countries to fight attempts to redefine the family.
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C-Fam Submission Calls Out Bias in LGBT Expert’s Religious Freedom Questionnaire
The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), publisher of the Friday Fax, told the UN’s LGBT expert that freedom of religion and conscience are among the highest principles of international human rights law, while “sexual orientation and gender identity” (SOGI) remain poorly defined and legally controversial.
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UN Committee Rejects Matt Walsh Documentary on Women
A UN committee has refused a screening of Matt Walsh’s documentary What is a Woman because the movie does not reflect the “values” of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
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UN Warns of Demographic Collapse
The United Nations raised the alarm about “inevitable and irreversible” aging and low-fertility in every country, through report released earlier this month.
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Pope Francis Criticizes Western Sexual Agenda at the UN
In his annual address to foreign diplomats at the Holy See Pope Francis criticized Western countries and the UN for promoting gender ideology and abortion.
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Biden Says Economic Empowerment Requires Abortion
The Biden administration released a new strategy to promote global women’s economic empowerment, which directs the U.S. government to “expand equitable access” to “sexual and reproductive health care,” which is understood to include abortion.
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C-Fam’s Top 5 Moments of 2022 for Life and Family at the United Nations
The deck was stacked against the unborn as 2022 came around. Pro-lifers expected a gradual retreat from traditional countries. But that is not what happened. Traditional countries stood their ground against an onslaught from the United States and the European Union.
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WHO Calls for Removal of Any Law Limiting Abortion
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the removal of any legal or policy standard that might impede access to abortion, at any stage of pregnancy, and for any reason.
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Five Worst Moments at the UN 2022
Each year, C-Fam lists the five worst moments at the UN in the previous 12 months. It was a pretty bad year. The U.S. under Joe Biden, and the European Union worked in concert on all of these. The unborn child and the family took the brunt of their synchronized firepower.
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What the UN Treaty Bodies Did this Year
After a year of having their meetings limited by the pandemic, the UN’s human rights treaty monitoring bodies resumed their work reviewing countries’ human rights records in 2022. These UN bodies were quite aggressive in promoting abortion, homosexuality, and transgenderism.
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Editorial: You Have to Love the Brave Africans
We sometimes find victory in the ashes of defeat. This just concluded UN General Assembly was one of those moments.
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UN Agencies Ignore General Assembly, Promote Radical Agenda in 2022
At the UN General Assembly, abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism, and comprehensive sexuality education are not supported by consensus and tend to provoke strong opposition.
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ANALYSIS: The Great UN Pushback Against Gender Ideology
Delegates from powerful Western countries thought they could ram homosexual/trans issues through the General Assembly this Fall. What they discovered is increasing resistance from the developing world.
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Questions Raised about Charges of Forced Abortion in Nigeria
A recent report from Reuters alleges that more than 10,000 illegal abortions have been carried out by the Nigerian military since 2013, some by force, others by a lack of informed consent. Many of the women and girls became pregnant through rape by Islamist militant groups in the northern part of the country.
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UN Agencies Say Self-Identification Sufficient for Sex Change in Prison
Several UN agencies have issued a brief stating that a man who self-identifies as a woman must be treated as a woman, even in prison, regardless of legal identification or biological characteristics.
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Biden to Charge Critics of LGBT as International Criminals
In a just-released memorandum, the Biden White House opened the door to charge foreign opponents of transgender ideology with crimes against humanity.
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UN Committee Moves to Block Pro-Lifers
The NGO Committee of the UN Commission on the Status of Women has issued participation guidelines which will have the effect of blocking pro-life and pro-family groups from an upcoming UN conference.
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Thai Conference Shows Abortion and Family Planning Intimately Connected
The UN determined 25 years ago that abortion could not be included in family planning. Yet a UN and government sponsored family planning conference in Thailand last week placed abortion as an integral means of family planning.
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Opposition Growing to Woke Gender Policies at UN
Sixty-two countries revolted against the European Union and other powerful Western countries on Wednesday in the UN General Assembly. They attempted to have removed controversial language on abortion, homosexuality, and transgenderism. Their attempt failed but they are still claiming at least a partial victory in demonstrating there is no consensus at the UN on these issues.
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Philippines and Others Pressured to Accept Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage at UN Human Rights Review
A small but vocal group of nations pressured fourteen of their fellow countries on controversial social issues as the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) began in Geneva over the last two weeks.
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Developing Countries Thwart Sexual Left at UN Negotiation
In the UN social policy committee this week, traditional countries blocked an effort to undermine parents’ ability to monitor and restrict children’s access to information about homosexuality, transgender issues, and abortion.
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UNFPA Promotes Pro-Abortion “Reproductive Justice” framework
For decades, controversial issues like abortion have complicated, stalled, and stymied UN negotiations. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is betting on a new strategy to push past the opposition to abortion: a framework with origins in U.S. racial politics called “reproductive justice.”
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Traditional Countries Rally on Transgender, Homosexuality, and Abortion at UN
A major fight broke out in the UN General Assembly Third Committee this week that pitted traditional countries over against powerful Western governments on the questions of abortion, homosexuality, and transgender ideology.
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UNFPA uses deceptive numbers to promote UN-style family planning
In a new report, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) claims that greater investment in contraceptives brings social and economic benefits. A closer look at the data raises doubts.
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New UN Treaty Would Make Homophobia a Crime Against Humanity
The General Assembly is discussing a treaty on crimes against humanity that could be used by prosecutors around the world to fine and jail religious conservatives and anyone who objects to the homosexual and trans agenda.
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