Part I: “The Family as the Best Protector of Children’s Health and Rights” - Protection of the Family UN Side Event, Geneva, September 12, 2104
Moderators:
- Sharon Slater, President of Family Watch International
- Carolyn Handschin, President of Women’s Federation
for World Peace International
Description of Event:
Dr. Brad Wilcox presents new research showing the protective factor stable families have on children. Renowned legal scholar, Bruce Hafen, explains the difference between children’s protection rights, autonomous rights and choice rights in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. He examines where parental rights end and children’s autonomous rights begin. Enjoy a special presentation by children who launched “The Declaration on the Rights of Children and Their Families.”
Protection of the Family Presentations:
“The Family and the Protection of Children: What the Research Shows”
Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox, PhD degree from Princeton University, research fellowships at Yale University and the Brookings Institution, Associate Professor at the University of Virginia.
Click here to watch Dr. Wilcox’s presentation.
Click here for his PowerPoint presentation.
Click here for the Child Trends World Family Map 2014.
“Abandoning Children to Their Autonomy: Children’s Needs and Parents’ Rights in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child”
Professor Bruce C. Hafen, JD, professor and former dean of the J. Reuben Law School, former president of Brigham Young University Idaho.
Click here to watch Bruce Hafen’s presentation.
Click here for the text of his presentation.
Click here for his PowerPoint presentation.
“Declaration on the Rights of Children and Their Families”
Launch by the children of the “Declaration on the Rights of Children and Their Families”
Click here to see the clip of the children presenting the Declaration to the UN delegates and sharing their experience.
Click here for more background on the petition and to sign it.
Part II: “The Family and the SDGs: Family Based Solutions to World Problems” - Protection of the Family UN Side Event, Geneva, September 15, 2104
Moderator:
- Annie Franklin, Director of UN Activities of Family Watch International, Spokesperson for the UN Family Rights Caucus
Topics Covered:
How empowering families contributes to the United Nations goals. Research findings showing how family-based initiatives yield better results. Presentation on how the “Family Preservation Program” in Africa is lifting individuals and communities out of poverty—one family at a time. Regional speakers highlight family protection provisions from national constitutions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Launch of the “Include the Family!” petition to the UN (already signed by over 125,000 people in 170 countries). This petition is a call to UN Member States to establish a stand-alone post-2015 UN sustainable development goal to protect the family.
Panelists:
Click here for introduction by Annie Franklin and the video presentation "Voices for the Family at the United Nations" (4 minutes) by Family Watch International.
Susan Roylance, author/editor of the book The Family and the MDGs—“How Empowered Families Contribute to the UN Goals”(Note: Mrs. Roylance's video presentation from this event is currently unavailable.
Click here to view a very similar presentation given by Mrs. Roylance at another event.)
Click here for her PowerPoint presentation.
Click here to access an electronic copy of Mrs. Roylance’s book The Family and the MDGs.
Cindy Packard, founder of Care for Life—“The Family Preservation Program: Empowering Communities and the Nation, One Family at a Time”
Click here for a video of Cindy Packard’s presentation.
Click here for her PowerPoint presentation.
Go to www.Careforlife.org to learn more about the program.
Karen Bogenschneider, founder of the Family Impact Seminars—“Family-Based Approaches Yield Results.”
- Click here for her presentation.
“Include the Family!”
Geneva launch of the “Include the Family!” UN petition by Sharon Slater, President of Family Watch InternationalClick here for her presentation of the petition.
Regional Presentations on Constitutional Family Protection Provisions:
- Obianuju Ekeocha, founder of Culture of Life (Africa) Click here for her presentation.
- Mexican Senator Lisbeth Hernandez (Latin America)—Presentation not available
- Rody de Guzman (Asia)—Presentation not available
Part III: “Preventing the Sexualization of Children” Protection of the Family UN Side Event, Geneva, September 15, 2014
Moderator:
- Annie Franklin, Director of UN Activities of Family Watch International, Spokesperson for the UN Family Rights Caucus.
Description of Event:
Watch a short but powerful documentary showing how children have become the victims of adult pornography, the impact of internet porn on children, and how porn drives violence and sexual crimes against women and children. Find out about sexuality education programs that go too far by promoting sexual rights at the expense of the sexual health of children. Learn about the problems associated with creating a right to sexuality education without defining it or involving parents. Join in the discussions on how we can prevent the premature sexualization of children and on the implications for upcoming negotiations on children’s issues.
Panelists:
Annie Franklin, Opening Remarks Click here to see her presentation.
Wendy Wright, Vice President of the Center for Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM)“Dangerous Sexual Ideologies that Harm Children.”
Click here to see her presentation.
Presentation of video excerpts from “The Porn Pandemic” (Hear the stories of child victims of adult pornography along with expert testimonies on the addictive nature and dangers of porn.)
Click here to see the video.
Sharon Slater, President of Family Watch International, Chair of UN Family Rights Caucus“Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Sexual Rights or Sexual Health?”
Click here to see her presentation.
Click here for her PowerPoint presentation.
Click here to see our well-documented brief on how explicit comprehensive sexuality education programs are being supported by multiple UN agencies and much more.
Regional Speakers on Comprehensive Sexuality Education:
- Magdalena Korzekwa, Campaign Manager for CitizenGo, Poland (video not available)
- Heiner Handschin, Universal Peace Federation, Switzerland (Click here for the text of his presentation.)
- Obianuju Ekeocha, Founder of Culture of Life Africa (video not available)
The UN HRC “Protection of the Family” side events were organized by the UN Family Rights Caucus and Family Watch International, and cosponsored by the following additional nongovernmental organizations:
Global Helping to Advance Women and Children (Global HAWC)
Worldwide Organization for Women (WOW)
The Foundation for African Cultural Heritage (FACH)
Latin American Alliance for the Family (ALAFA)
Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP)
European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ)
Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)
HO HazteOir.org
CitizenGO
Family and Life
Enraizados
FamilyPolicy.Ru Advocacy Group
Universal Peace Federation (UPF)
Fundacion Familia Solidaria
Family Dynamics International
Asociación de Familias Numerosas de Madrid Profesionales por la Ética
Institution: Fundación Jaime Guzmán
Observatorio Internacional de Políticas Públicas y Familia, Centro de Bioética
Persona y Familia
and more!
