Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China. What was accomplished for the League?

CCL Family Found. 1995 Nov-Dec;22(3):1, 5.

Abstract

PIP: The CCL hosted a workshop on natural family planning (NFP) at the Non-Government Organization (NGO) Forum for the Fourth World Conference on Women. It focused on the sympto-thermal method (STM) and discussed violence against women, NFP as women's empowerment, how NFP encourages men to become responsible for their fertility, and teaching and role-modeling marital fidelity to our children. Participants in the workshop came from the Philippines, Russia, China, Israel, Africa, Muslim countries, and the US. The workshop facilitator explained that pharmaceutical companies, birth control providers (e.g., Planned Parenthood), and abortion clinics promote contraception and promiscuity to meet their self-interests, while NFP teachers make no money. Due to logistical difficulties, another CCL workshop, NFP and the Reluctant Husband, began two hours later than scheduled. Even though many people had come to hear what the workshop had to offer, many left. A few women and a Chinese obstetrician/gynecologist did return, however. The CCL representative spent most of her time talking with the physician about STM (e.g., its mechanics), building one's marriage, credibility to our children, and the parents' role in teaching children sexual abstinence. She and a CCL couple teaching English in China helped the Vatican and other countries promote positive language in the document of the women's conference. They regularly met with the pro-family coalition to discuss ways to lobby for a more acceptable document and to share ideas with a representative of the Pope's delegation. The final document is anti-family, anti-chastity, and anti-God. More than 40 countries submitted formal reservations on the final document on the last day of the conference.

MeSH terms

  • Asia
  • Asia, Eastern
  • Behavior
  • Catholicism*
  • China
  • Christianity
  • Congresses as Topic*
  • Developing Countries
  • Education*
  • Europe
  • Family Planning Services*
  • Religion
  • Sexual Abstinence*
  • Social Behavior