Youth, the UN and Social Development
The UN officially kicked off commission season yesterday with the opening of the Commission on Social Development (CSocD). The meeting will cover a host of issues, everything from persons with…
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CEDAW’s Concluding Observations
The 48th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ended last week with the release of its concluding observations. The recommendations pushed for decriminalization of abortion…
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Norway: compulsory “homosexuality education” for asylum seekers
Asylum seekers in Norway will be obliged to watch a film on homosexuality as a part of compulsory “integration training”. The film has been produced at the request of the…
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CRC’s 56th Session Concluding Observations
The 56th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child released its concluding observations last week at the end of its session in Geneva. The CRC has been…
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UN Youth Conference – It’s New York!
After months of indecision, the UN has finally decided that the UN Youth conference will be taking place in New York. Tunisia had originally offered to host the conference, but…
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USAID and Abortion as Youth-Friendly Healthcare
Following up on our earlier post, a brief look at some of the resources provided by the Interagency Youth Working Group demonstrates their focus on pushing abortion as reproductive healthcare…
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Girl Up! Or, How “Investing” in Adolescent Girls is Code for Abortion Rights
Let’s follow the trail of all of the new campaigns focused on investing in adolescent girls. Not surprisingly, they all seem to end up in explicit abortion promotion. First, as…
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UNFPA and UNIFEM fund abortion advocates Catholics for Choice Argentina
Right now, the UN NGO Committee is in the middle of a two week session to review NGOs that have applied for accreditation for consultative status with ECOSOC. One of…
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Like Musicals? You are Obviously Gay – UN Youth Champion Project
Recently, American actress Monique Coleman announced that her program “GimmeMo” will be on a global tour to find out the MO of the world’s youth. In 2010, Monique was selected…
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More evidence is emerging that the EU’s human rights agency is anti-family
Read the comment by John Smeaton on the SPUC website.
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EU: Insidious attempt to impose recognition of same-sex “marriages” through the back door
The European Commission has published a so-called Green Paper with proposals to ensure “less bureaucracy for citizens” by “promoting the free movement of public documents and recognition of the effects…
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European Parliament’s LGBT pressure group increasingly frustrated over lack of progress on “anti-discrimination”
LGBT-minded Members of the European Parliament express frustration over the fact that the controversial horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive, which would radically curtail freedom and self-determination (especially the feedom to decide with…
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State Department Vs. New Congress on UN Reform
UN reform is high on the list of the new Republican-controlled House in the US. The Obama administration has talked often about the need for real UN reform. The State…
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Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law to Begin Meeting this Summer
The UN Office in Geneva recently gave notice that the first session of the new “Working Group on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice” would take…
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Z. v. Poland: Tyranny of the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights once again has admitted a case challenging the abortion prohibition in Poland. The Court, despite repeating over and over again the mantra that protection…
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CSW 2011 – Get Ready!
Commission season is underway at the UN and eager participants are making plans for the Commission on the Status of Women scheduled to start later this month. Thousands of radical…
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Christianophobia: five “secular-minded” EU Governments block EU Statement condemning persecution of Christians
There is increasing evidence that a number of left/liberal European Governments are in fact not too unhappy over the persecution suffered by Christians abroad. Unsurprisingly(or not), three of these governments…
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Rushing to Conclusions in Kato Case
Last week’s murder of prominent Ugandan LGBT activist David Kato had newspapers and blogs buzzing about the possible connections between his life’s controversial work and his death. A number of…
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New UNFPA Director Wants Abortion for Youth
In a statement yesterday about “the largest generation of young people” the new director of UNFPA stated that a controversial rights agenda is at the heart of their plan for…
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Youth on the Agenda: Social Development and Ulterior Motives
Next week, the UN’s Commission on Social Development will begin, and amidst discussion of poverty eradication, youth will receive particular attention. The provisional agenda for the 49th Session includes talk…
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Germany: constitutional court legally recognises “lesbian” partnership of a man who thinks he’s a woman
If there were a world wide competition for the silliest legal decision, the German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, BVG) would have the best chances of winning it this year. In a…
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Vraiment Excellent!
Today, the Constitutional Council of France, the nation’s highest legal authority on constitutional issues, upheld traditional marriage as between one man and one woman. The Council rejected the application of…
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UN Secretary-General Expresses Support for Homosexual Rights
At a meeting in Geneva on the Human Rights Council this week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon once again expressed his support for homosexual rights and gender identity. Speaking to the…
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Irish Youth Push MDG Misinformation for Sex Rights Agenda
What’s almost as bad as promoting sex guides for 13 year old Irish boys with “humorous illustrations” related to sex and STI’s? Answer: Pushing misinformation on youth who care about…
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