Chaque mois, l'International Federation for Family Development (IFFD) vous informe des événements la vie des membres de la fédération, de ses contacts avec les instances de l'ONU (Ecosoc), de ses travaux de recherche, de ses congrès et projets, etc.
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NGO in General Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations
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JULY 2015
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Family Enrichment in the WorldCLOSING EVENT AT UCOFA, SEVILLE On July 2, Ignacio Socías, IFFD director of International Relations, gave a lecture as part of the year´s closing event at UCOFA, the Family Enrichment Center of Seville. The event was held at Guadaira College. Socías´ speech dealt with the current situation of the family, the importance of stability, and the problems the family faces today, and summarized the word done by IFFD in the United Nations with the support of The Family Watch. He also promoted the International Family Congress to be held in Mexico on October 16-18, 2015.
FAMILY SUMMER Family Summer began on July 4 in Huesca, Spain. More than fifteen families from Croatia, Belarus, Russia and Lithuania are participating. During the program, spanish moderators will teach a Matrimonial Love course and a moderator´s training course. This activity will also take place in Colorado, next August.
FIRST STEPS IN CHICAGO At the beginning of June, a First Steps course involving more than eighty people concluded in Chicago. The organizers celebrated with an outdoor picnic for participants and their families.
PROMOTING FAMILY ENRICHMENT AND MEXICO CONGRESS IN NIGERIA In mid-June, Ignacio Socías, IFFD Director of International Relations, visited Nigeria at the invitation of Whitesands and Laggon schools, to promote Family Enrichment. He also met with the Board of NADAF, the Nigerian Family Enrichment Center, to promote the upcoming Congress, to be held October 16-18, 2015 in Mexico. |
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Public AffairsUN RESOLUTION Last friday, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations adopted a resolution on the "contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development, which includes most of the arguments that have been defended by IFFD.
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Recommended reading1. "Las claves de la mejor educación, según la mejor profesora del mundo", Héctor G. Barnés, El Confidencial, July 3, 2015 (Spanish). 2. "Children, parents and technology", Mathew Wieseltier, The Huffington post, July 6, 2015 (English). 3. IFFD PAPER Nº 44: Making life posible. The right to family reunification in the EU and USA. |
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