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It is a proposal to recover the family as a human space where a person could receive the necessary basis for his or her development; and grow in his or her essential dimensions - maternity, paternity, fraternity and marital love -, archetypes of the circumstances of life.
The family is the fundamental social core inscribed in the human nature, founded on the voluntary union of a man and a woman, through the life-long agreement of marriage.
The family is the ideal space for a child to be conceived, to grow, to develop, to receive education, to be helped in the illness and to be accompanied during the aging process until the natural death, according to his or her demands as a human being.
www.worldcongress.org /WCF3/wcf3_home.htm   (2156 words)

  
 List of U.S. political families - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kennedys, for example, are particularly associated with Massachusetts; the Long family is identified with Louisiana, the Lees with Virginia, the Roosevelts with New York, the Muhlenbergs with Pennsylvania, and the Tafts with Ohio.
Other political families are less connected with a specific state; the Bush family began in Ohio, but is now more closely identified with Texas, and a member of the family is the governor of Florida.
(1887–1944), colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the Army in World War II; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1921–1923; Governor of Puerto Rico, 1929–1932; Governor General of the Philippines, 1932–1933; son of Theodore Roosevelt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_US_political_families   (6530 words)

  
 A Call from Families of the World (print)
The natural family is the fundamental social unit, inscribed in human nature, and centered around the voluntary union of a man and a woman in a lifelong covenant of marriage for the purposes of:
These ideologies deny the natural origin and status of the family, the equal but complementary roles of men and women, the miracle of human fertility and procreation, the dignity and worth of every human person, and the autonomy of the family itself.
The family, which develops and sustains not only individuals but all larger communities, has been subordinated to the agendas of pressure groups, ignored by economic decision-makers, and subjected to social experimentation.
www.worldcongress.org /WCF2/call99_print.htm   (442 words)

  
 Arapahoe Library District: Media Center - Our Librarians Suggest - Families Around the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Directed by Federico Fellini, this is a showcase of love, sex, politics and family life seen through the eyes of a boy growing up in a small Italian village in the 1930s.
A portrait of a family and a community, of mothers and daughters, and of one indomitable woman.
The world in 1938 was poised on the brink of WWII.
www.arapahoelibraries.org /MediaCenter/OurLibrariansRecommend_WorldFamilies.cfm   (1349 words)

  
 A Call From The Families Of The World
The natural family is the fundamental social unit, inscribed in human nature, and centered around the voluntary union of a man and a wom an in a lifelong covenant of marriage for the purposes of:
These ideologies deny the natural origin and status of the family, the equal but complementary roles of men and women, the miracle of huma n fertility and procreation, the dignity and worth of every human person, and the autonomy of the family itself.
The family, which develops and sustains not only individuals but all larger communities, has been subordinated to the agendas of pressure grou ps, ignored by economic decision-makers, and subjected to social experimentation.
www.fww.org /articles/congres2/call.old.html   (390 words)

  
 Refugee Families--Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Refugee families Throughout the world, war, political oppression, poverty, natural catastrophes and economic crises are tearing families apart by forcing them to migrate.
There are countless refugee family crises, such as the Bangladesh flood victims forced to migrate from their homelands; almost six million Afghan refugees, many living in Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and nearly a million Mozambicans who have escaped a brutal civil war in which civilians have become targets.
In "Families in refugee camps" published in Human Organization (Vol.49,No.2,1990), Holly Ann Williams writes that "throughout migration, the refugee family is confronted with adaptations within the family, as well as simultaneously being robbed of its autonomy by the external forces of the camp structure and policies.
www.penpages.psu.edu /penpages_reference/28507/285072256.HTML   (418 words)

  
 Filipino political families 'an octopus' - Apr. 23, 2004
Family business interests are also a strong impetus to win elective positions as in the case of the fishing-based Sandoval family of Malabon-Navotas and Palawan.
The once powerful "sugar bloc" political families of Western Visayas are being replaced by younger, more dynamic clans, many of them like the Garins of Iloilo deriving their influence from having built successful business enterprises.
Abad considers political clans to be "the root of our political immaturity" and the reason why inequalities persist in Philippine society.
www.inq7.net /nat/2004/apr/23/nat_10-2.htm   (341 words)

  
 Bush family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Originating in Columbus, Ohio, the Bush family in the 20th century became an accomplished political family in the United States.
Samuel P. Bush (1863-1948), a close advisor to President Hoover, was president of the National Association of Manufacturers and a major Columbus industrialist.
The current Bush family is believed to be descended from the Spencer family that produced Diana, Princess of Wales, which would make George W. Bush a 17th cousin to Prince William of Wales.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bush_political_family   (830 words)

  
 Filipino political families 'an octopus' - Apr. 23, 2004
A political dynasty simply means a succession of public office holders who are members of the same family and who pass municipal or legislative seats from one generation to another.
Some political families have been around for at least a century, having begun in politics in the early years of the 20th century when the United States colonial government first introduced elections here.
Not all political dynasties were founded on the traditional sources of wealth and power, like large landholdings as in Negros and violence as in Ilocos Sur and Cavite.
www.inq7.net /nat/2004/apr/23/nat_10-1.htm   (568 words)

  
 Marriages Made in Political Heaven: Families, Values, and the Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Encouraging unmarried biological parents to marry, forming a married biological family, will have some benefits, although the well-being of children in these promoted marriages on average will not begin to approach the well-being of children in existing married parent families, mainly because the characteristics of the parents are so different.
All of these states have somewhat more conservative views around marriage and family, and in fact 5 of those 10 are the states where households of all types are most likely raising children, and actually three of the top five are in the top five for that statistic.
In terms of political currency, however, 53 percent of the people surveyed gave this an 8, 9, or 10 on a scale of 1 to 10—10 being the highest—in terms of how important it's going to be when they vote this fall.
www.policypointers.org /download_431.html   (9758 words)

  
 Historical Holt Information
Political leaders and royalty around the world have honored Bertha Holt and given her elegant gifts, but the gifts she wore daily were the multicolored bead rings made by grandchildren.
Whether it was getting copies of photos to send to a family or getting legislation passed, she took them on one task at a time.
Their example proved that a family’s love can transcend the barriers of nationality and race, that love and commitment are the most important bonds in a family.
www.holtintl.org /historybg.shtml   (1728 words)

  
 Real Women of Canada - Newsletters - A Call From The Families of the World
This meeting was organized by both the US Christian-based family foundation, the Rockford Foundation (recently renamed the Howard Centre) and the NGO Family Voice, established by The David M. Kennedy Centre for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Utah.
The purpose of this Congress is to bring together world political and religious leaders who are sympathetic to the traditional family and who, together with invited academics, will provide the knowledge and factual data necessary to build the case for preserving the family.
It is anticipated that these papers will serve as the intellectual, political and spiritual framework on which we will draw when making our demands that the traditional family not only be maintained, but promoted and protected because of the crucial role it plays in society.
www.realwomenca.com /newsletter/1998_Sept_Oct/article_4.html   (939 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | OPINION > Politics of division: Fitting description of political families   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
But people tend to forget that A’nie, a political conservative except on high-profile social issues such as abortion, formed his seminal political views in the land of Jog Haider and a country that turned out the fiercest devotees of the Third Reich.
At the very least, political friction leads to the cancellation of regular family gatherings, especially during the heat of the election season.
The sheer number of family members in politics is enough reason for the dispersal of the Osmeñas into several camps.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/apr/12/yehey/opinion/20040412opi4.html   (1469 words)

  
 World Family Alliance
In response to the many forces eroding marriage and the family, prominent pro-family organizations are forming the World Family Alliance, a worldwide coalition united in defense of marriage, family and life.
The World Family Alliance is gathering signatures on the petition below to present to government officials at international confereces and at the United Nations to show worldwide support for the family.
A coalition of pro-family groups, the World Family Alliance, is circulating a petition to gather signatures throughout the world.
www.worldfamilyalliance.org /wfa   (548 words)

  
 Pink families around the world
Political, economic and social conditions drove many poor Europeans from their homes in tidal wave figures from 1840 on because they heard that the Americans had a successful revolution where the "old society" was overthrown.
Thus the political rights and the freedom to worship as Roman Catholics were solidly guaranteed for the French population of Canada.
During World War I and World War II, Canadians of all backgrounds and cultures fought bravely on behalf of the cause of world democracy.
www.familytreefind.co.uk /pink.htm   (17739 words)

  
 Pickering
The key differences for laboring families in post-hegemonic England, in contrast to the pre-industrial phase, was the elimination of "the commons," the end of access to subsistence land use, and the ideological commitment to regular work hours despite declining wage opportunities.
In order to obtain government transfer payments, Lakota families are now being directed by the state to spend time earning wages in a market economy that does not exist on the reservation.
Concluding from this analysis, it appears that in periods of hegemonic decline, political and cultural controls exceed the material ability of the world-economy to live up to its unidimensional dedication to the 'free' market.
www.irows.ucr.edu /conferences/pews02/abspickering.htm   (417 words)

  
 Countries of the World: United Arab Emerates: Chapter 2B. The Ruling Families@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Traditional rule in the Arab polities of what is now the UAE has always been family-based and patriarchal.
Political allegiance was defined in terms of loyalty to the amir and his family rather than in terms of belonging to a nation-state with clearly defined borders.
The above preview is from Countries of the World, January 1, 1991.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28386792&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (190 words)

  
 Why We Must Act to Preserve The Families of The World; Elder Dallin H. Oaks
In the modern world, Maine observed, the unit with which civil laws are concerned is more and more an individual contracting party and less and less the family entity.
None would deny that this is necessary where the family has already been split by parental abandonment or gross physical abuse, but even those concepts become dangerous when clever legal definitions allow state representatives to replace parents because those representatives disagree with what the parents are teaching their children.
The integrity of the family and the parents' inherent right and authority to rear their own children have been recognized as fundamental axioms of Anglo-American culture, presupposed by all our social, political, and legal institutions.
www.fww.org /articles/wfpforum/doaks.htm   (2376 words)

  
 Untold Biographies of Families who Changed World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
I dont know how to rectify this- but if your family line has any testimonies for humanity which are in danger of being erased from the wisdom of the future, why not mail me - slowly we might build a network that a historian might want to reinterview, or...
Beyond some deeply creative crafts, its interesting to explore the identity of clans and families as the original networks - Scots especially Macs 'son of' are better than most at never forgetting to ask about the family tree.
And then there are families, whose most famous historical figure was living through an extraordinary period of change, or place of past richness (eg classical music unrivalled today).
kempandkemptv.blogspot.com   (1823 words)

  
 When Corporations Rule the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It has turned these once useful institutions into instruments of a market tyranny that is destroying livelihoods, displacing people, and feeding on life in an insatiable quest for money.
This destructive process is driven by a combination of institutional forces and an extremist ideology of corporate libertarianism that invokes the theories of Adam Smith and market economics to advance policies that systematically undermine both the market and democracy.
This alternative is already being created through the initiatives of millions of people around the world who are taking back control of their lives and communities to create places where people can live and grow in balance with the living earth.
www.pcdf.org /corprule/corporat.htm   (696 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | OPINION > Political families divided over GMA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
These two Cayetanos are among the many political families with opposing stands on the President’s resignation and impeachment.
Pia and Alan do talk about politics at home, but she would not begrudge him of having a different suasion.
A reader, Camilo Torio of Los Angeles, e-mailed a note denying that the Holy Bible contained the passage “Be not too close to the powerful lest he corrupt thee; nor too far test he forget thee.” A legislator quoted this to justify his being independent.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/aug/01/yehey/opinion/20050801opi4.html   (734 words)

  
 Growing Compassionate Kids - Vegetarian Baby & Child Online Magazine | From Vegbaby to Veganteen...Pregnancy, ...
And so goes the realization of a five-year-old that the world's ways aren't always as fl and white as she thinks they should be.
It is difficult to justify many things about the World of Grown Up Logic, especially when it comes to our relationship with animals and food.
We have many friends whose families rely on their ranches or farms to make a living, and all of our relatives see eating meat as their family norm.
www.vegetarianbaby.com /articles/growingcompassionate.shtml   (785 words)

  
 A Call from the Families of the World      We come together from diverse national   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Under slogans such as "modernity," "globalization," and "progress," and in the name of "Civil Society," these forces have weakened the bonds between husband and wife, parent and child, and the generations.
The World Congress of Families II in the year 1999 for the purposes of:
By signing "A Call from the Families of the World" you indicate your support of the goals and objectives of the upcoming World Congress of Families II in Geneva, Switzerland.
www.utaheagleforum.org /NewsLetter/petition.htm   (397 words)

  
 Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons
This could be the beginning of the end for the insurgency, as Sunnis reluctantly choose to engage in political debate rather than to obstruct it.
The leaders of Syria and Lebanon could be fighting for political survival if, as many expect, a U.N. inquiry blames Syrian and pro-Syrian Lebanese officials for the killing of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
Continuing to pretend that terrorism is a distortion of Islam's supposedly "peaceful" and "tolerant" nature — and not a predictable outcome of jihad, its 6th pillar — may soothe the savage beast of political correctness.
www.coxandforkum.com   (3948 words)

  
 Philippine Eagle
In choosing the "best bird" in the world, I use the same criteria that I adopted in my youth when I researched, weighed, balanced, and created my own "top 50 birds of the world." These criteria were:
Political instability and insurgents in the back country of Mindanao have seriously interrupted efforts to save the eagle.
These shots of the adult are not the greatest photos in the world, but do show the massive wingspan and the huge bill.
www.montereybay.com /creagrus/phil_eagle.html   (914 words)

  
 MADRE: Demanding Human Rights for Women and Families around the World > Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Working with over 500 women, 90 percent of whom are of African-descent and over 50 percent of whom are heads of their families, LIMPAL provides humanitarian aid and human rights trainings and documents cases of human rights abuses.
LIMPAL contributed to a special report on socio-political violence against women and girls in Colombia and was part of a team that organized the visit of the UN Special Rappateour on Violence Against Women to Colombia.
Through art, the youth at Taller de Vida are able to share traumatic stories from their past and build a network of support for their future.
www.madre.org /sister/colombia.html   (595 words)

  
 Political families of the world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a partial listing of prominent political families around the world.
Royal families are not included, unless certain later descendants have played political roles in a republican structure (e.g.
This page was last modified 18:59, 11 September 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_families_of_the_world   (66 words)

  
 Children in the context of their families
Family/Whanau styles Defining the social construct of family can be problematic in that New Zealanders’ live in a myriad of household types that do not fit a clear definition (Birks, 2001).
The definition of a ‘nuclear family’ is determined as “A couple, with or without child(ren), or one parent and their child(ren), all of whom have usual residence together in the same household” (Statistics New Zealand, 1999, p.
Therefore, the modern family nucleus may or may not have children, and be either a single parent or two-parent household.
www.essaysworld.com /viewpaper/13574.html   (241 words)

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