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Women Express Support to Remedy 12 Areas of Global Male Disadvantage
March 14, 2024 – Attendees at the Conference on Women and Family expressed shock and concern regarding the 12 areas in which men are known to be lagging globally. The session, “A More Just Cause: Justice Demands the UN Include a Focus on the Rights of Men, Families, and Parents,” consisted of five presentations organized by the International Council on Men and Boys (1).
The session took place on March 13 at the Millennium Hotel in New York City. The Conference was held concurrently with the annual Commission on the Status of Women meeting, held across the street at the United Nations headquarters.
The panelists made the following statements:
#GenderEqualityForMen: Edward Bartlett of the International Council for Men and Boys documented 12 areas of global male disadvantage (2), as well as the absence of any male-specific UN policies, offices, or programs that address these problems. Bartlett revealed, “Marxist ideology now permeates the United Nations, as revealed by the failure of the UN to respond in a timely manner to the October 7 invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists.”
How the UN 2030 Agenda Weakens the Family: Zdenek Chytra of the Czech Traditional Family Association revealed how the “feminists of UN Women regard children as an obstacle to women’s personal and economic growth.” Chytra concluded, “The UN offers women a false illusion of a better and simpler life based on Communist practices that have not worked in Europe in the past.”
Human Rights Council’s Work Diminishes Child Safety & Well-being: Carl Roberts of Colorado Resilience charged that staffer Reem Alsalem of the UN Human Rights Council “ignores a consensus of hundreds of social science reports, studies, and scientific and government data, numerous laws, and court decisions around the world, that parental alienation is a real condition where children, moms, and dads are often traumatically affected as a result.”
The United Nations’ Neglect of the Boy Crisis: Jim Semerad with Dads and Moms of Michigan documented the global problem of fatherlessness. He requested funding from the UN for a Boys Studies initiative, noting that “the funding and support is sparse compared to women’s and girls’ studies.”
International Petition: Jitka Kolářová of the Traditional Family Association presented an international petition that concludes the undersigned “call for nations and donor organizations to suspend their funding of the United Nations until all UN agencies fulfill their pledge to respect the ‘dignity and worth’ of all persons and assure the ‘equal rights of men and women.’” The petition was endorsed by 69 organizations and over 1,000 individuals.
The five presentations were followed by a lively and at times impassioned discussion with members of the audience, who expressed support for the proposals made by the panelists.
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