{"id":100853,"date":"2021-10-18T12:54:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=100853"},"modified":"2021-10-18T12:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:54:57","slug":"iof-joint-statement-for-the-2022-commission-on-the-status-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/iof-joint-statement-for-the-2022-commission-on-the-status-of-women","title":{"rendered":"IOF\u2019s joint statement for the 2022 Commission on the Status of Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Empowerment and Risk Reduction: What the Wise Drafters of UDHR Knew<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Guiding Principles for CSW66<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As the 66th<\/sup> session of the Commission on the Status of Women addresses the priority theme of \u201cAchieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes,\u201d we call attention to the provision in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which stands out for its acknowledgment of \u201cthe only right in the Declaration that specifically devolves to a group rather than an individual.\u201d[1]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That unique group was recognized in article 16(3) as the foundation of civilization itself: \u201cThe family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.\u201d The implications for the work of CSW66 are profound: empowerment of women and girls begins in the family, and the most effective risk reduction policy is to strengthen the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drafters of the UDHR knew of the universal primacy of the natural family. According to human rights lawyer and judge Manfred Nowak, the phrase \u201cnatural and fundamental group unit of society\u201d was intended \u201cto emphasize that despite various traditions and social structures, a pillar of all societies is the family as the smallest group unit.\u201d[2]<\/sup> The influential Lebanese delegate Charles Malik, for example, emphasized that of all the social groups, only \u201cthe family deriving from marriage is the natural and fundamental group unit of society\u201d and is \u201cthe cradle of all human rights and liberties.\u201d[3]<\/sup> Why this is so was explained decades later by another delegate to the Commission on Human Rights, US Ambassador Michael Novak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family is the seedbed of economic skills, money habits, attitudes toward work, and the arts of financial independence. The family is a stronger agency of educational success than the school. The family is a stronger teacher of the religious imagination than the church. Political and social planning in a wise social order begins with the axiom What strengthens the family strengthens society<\/em>\u2026. The roles of a father and a mother, and of children with respect to them, is the absolutely critical center of social force.[4]<\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The family is also the absolutely critical center of sustainable development, as emphasized in the Doha Declaration: \u201cThe family is not only the fundamental group unit of society, but is also the fundamental agent for sustainable social, economic and cultural development.\u201d[5]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No wonder that when the family fails, society collapses, as also noted by Michael Novak: \u201cThroughout history, nations have been able to survive a multiplicity of disasters\u2014invasions, famines, earthquakes, epidemics, depressions\u2014but they have never been able to survive the disintegration of the family.\u201d[6]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No wonder that over a hundred national constitutions echo UDHR 16(3) with various descriptions of the family such as \u201cthe basis of the nation\u2019s survival\u201d (Hungary), \u201cthe cornerstone of the preservation and the advancement of the Nation\u201d (Greece), \u201cthe fundamental basis of society\u201d (El Salvador), \u201cthe nucleus of society\u201d (Qatar), \u201cthe basic institution of society\u201d (Colombia), \u201cthe basic structure of society\u201d (Tunisia), \u201cthe fundamental pillar of the society\u201d (Afghanistan), and \u201cthe natural foundation of human society\u201d (Cameroon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And no wonder that Pope Francis declared, \u201cEvery threat to the family is a threat to society itself\u2026. Protect your families! See in them your country\u2019s greatest treasure and nourish them always.\u201d[7]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To achieve the greatest empowerment of women and girls, as well as the most effective risk reduction policy possible, we urge that the work of CSW66 honor the treaty obligation in article 10.1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: \u201cThe widest possible protection and assistance should be accorded to the family, which is the natural and fundamental group unit of society.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Organization for the Family<\/em>
United Families International<\/em>
Worldwide Organization for Women<\/em>
American Family Association of New York<\/em>
REAL Women of Canada<\/em>
HazteOir.org<\/em>
FamilyPolicy.ru (Russia)<\/em>
Latin American Alliance for the Family<\/em>
Institute for Family Policy (Spain)<\/em>
Universal Peace Federation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1] Glenn Mitoma, \u201cCharles H. Malik and Human Rights: Notes on a Biography,\u201d Biography <\/em>33.1 (Winter 2010), 226.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2] Manfred Nowak, UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. CCPR Commentary<\/em> (Kehl am Rhein, Germany: N.P. Engel, 1993), 404.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3] Johannes Morsink, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting, and Intent<\/em> (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), 254.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4] Michael Novak, “The Family Out of Favor,”\u00a0Harper’s<\/em>, April 1976, pp. 42-43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5] Doha Declaration, https:\/\/www.difi.org.qa\/doha-declaration\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6] Michael Novak, “The Family Out of Favor,”\u00a0Harper’s<\/em>, April 1976, pp. 42-43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7] \u201cAddress of His Holiness Pope Francis,\u201d Manila, 16 January 2015, https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/january\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150116_srilanka-filippine-incontro-famiglie.html<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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