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C-Fam Written Statement at the 59th Session of the Commission for Social Development
A just transition to sustainable development requires that sustainable development strategies fully respect and strive to fulfill unalienable and universal human rights principles.
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Comment of the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) on the Draft USAID 2020 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy
C-Fam welcomes the updated gender equality and women’s empowerment policy. The 2012 policy it supersedes contained several problematic aspects that the new policy has corrected.
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C-Fam Statement during the Informal consultations of co-facilitators on 2020 treaty body review for States and civil society
It has been our hope for some time that UN member states would review the work of UN treaty bodies, not just with regard to considerations of functionality and resources, but also substantive output. As an organization primarily focused on the protection of life in the prenatal phase and the protection of the family we are especially alarmed by the lawless promotion of abortion and LGBT issues by UN treaty bodies.
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C-Fam Recommendations for Treaty Body Review
As a civil society stakeholder organization, we welcome the opportunity to contribute to the discussion regarding the strengthening and reform of the human rights treaty body system. The previous review…
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C-Fam Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review 36th Session of the UPR Human Rights Council – April-May 2020
In the previous two cycles of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the United States of America (U.S.) received recommendations that it change its laws and policies regarding funding for foreign assistance in order to fund abortions in other countries.
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C-Fam Submission to ECOSOC at the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, New York, 11-22 March, 2019
The family is the most important or only source of social protection for over seventy percent of the world’s women. According to the International Labour Organization, more than five billion people on the planet are not covered by comprehensive social security.
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C-Fam Statement at Consultations of the Committee on NGOs with NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC
3-minute statement delivered at the ECOSOC NGO Forum on June 22, 2018
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C-Fam Submission for HHS World Health Assembly Listening Session
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held a listening session on Friday, May 11 in advance of the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body for the World Health Organization (WHO). Members of civil society were invited to tell the administration about their concerns and priorities for the coming year in global health, and the state of WHO governance.
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C-Fam Oral Statement at the 51st Session of Commission on Population and Development, 9 April 2018 – 13 April 2018
The effects of urbanization and migration are frequently addressed in UN resolutions and debates on a whole host of topics ranging from the economy to the environment and global health.
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C-Fam Submission to ECOSOC at the 62rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Statement submitted by Asociacion HazteOir.org, C-Fam, Inc., Family Research Council, Human Life International, Inc., National Organization for Marriage Education Fund, non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council*
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C-Fam Oral Statement at the 50th Session of Commission on Population and Development, 3-7 April 2017
Fifty years ago, the Commission on Population and Development was established to study and propose solutions to the “population question” that weighted heavily in the minds of policy makers.
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C-Fam Oral Statement at the 55th session of the Commission on Social Development, 1-10 February 2017
The family is the natural social institution at the foundation of every society. Sadly, it is frequently overlooked by the international community even as the family faces new and never before experienced challenges.
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C-Fam Oral Statement at the 55th Session of the Commission for Social Development
The family is the natural social institution at the foundation of every society. Sadly, it is frequently overlooked by the international community even as the family faces new and never before experienced challenges.
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C-Fam Written Statement at the 55th Session of the Commission for Social Development
The family is the natural social institution at the foundation of every society. It is the ecosystem where each individual member of the human family is conceived, develops, and grows to maturity.
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Oral Statement of C-Fam at the 49th session of the Commission on Population and Development, New York, April 13, 2016
C-Fam (Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute) believes the stakes are high for the 2030 Agenda. It is vital that indicators be free of conceptual errors and political biases that divert resources…
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C-Fam Submission to ECOSOC at the 54rd session of Commission for Social Development, New York, 3-12 February 2016
There is an urgent need to re-orient international policy towards strengthening and protecting the family. Rethinking social development in the 2030 era of sustainable development must begin and end with the family. Only by doing so can sustainable development, in all its dimensions —social, economic, and environmental —become a reality.
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Written Statements of C-Fam at the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, New York, 14-24 March 2016
There have been many significant landmarks in promoting the empowerment of women since the founding of the United Nations. The 2030 Development Agenda presents unique challenges and opportunities to continue…
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Oral Statement of C-Fam at the 48th session of the Commission on Population and Development, New York, April 13-17, 2015
Oral Statement of C-Fam at the 48th session of the Commission on Population and Development, on the integrating population policies in the post-2015 development agenda.
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Written Statements of C-Fam at the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, New York, 9-20 March, 2015
Written Statements of C-Fam at the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, on the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century.”
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C-Fam Written Statement at the 53rd session of the Commission on Social Development, New York, February 4-13, 2015
C-Fam Written Statement at the 53rd session of the Commission on Social Development, on the follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly: priority theme: rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world
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C-Fam Contribution to the PGA’s Stock-taking on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Submission of C-Fam for the High-level Stocktaking Event on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Contributions to the Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report, Trusteeship Council Chamber, 11-12 September, 2014
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C-Fam Written Statement on Promotion and Protection of the Family at the 27th session of the Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council held a panel discussion on the Protection of the Family at its 27th session, as the United Nations observed the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family. C-Fam made this statement in view of the panel discussion.
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C-Fam Statement at the 5th session of the U.N. Open-ended Working Group on Aging, New York, 30 July – 1 August 2014
C-Fam submitted this statement during the 5th session of the U.N. Open-ended Working Group on Aging, for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, especially their right to life.
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Joint Oral Statement of Family Research Council, C-Fam and the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists at the 47th session of the Commission on Population and Development, New York, 11 April, 2014
C-Fam highlighted the need to make maternal health a priority and focus of UN development activities in the UN’s new post-2015 development agenda, instead of focusing on abortion and fertility reduction, during the 48th session of the Commission on Population and Development.
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C-Fam Statement at the Forum for Civil Society of the intergovernmental process on Strengthening and Enhancing the Effective Functioning of Treaty Bodies, New York, May 22, 2013
C-Fam delivered this statement at the second forum for civil society held in the course of intergovernmental negotiations on the reform of treaty bodies initiated in the General Assembly in 2012 and concluded in 2013 to highlight abuses of treaty bodies that promote abortion and homosexuality, and how UN member states should address such abuses.
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