Pornography
Much of the pornography currently produced and made available through the Internet stands in serious conflict with gender equality, tackling stereotypes, protection of vulnerable persons and the promotion of human rights. Harmful effects produced by the consumption and production of pornography have been documented. Pornography has been found to desensitize the consumer to sexual aggression, causing sexual aggression towards women, normalizing sexual assault, and also producing rape myths, all of which has serious consequences for any attempt to reach gender equality.The current legal reality is that there are very few effective regulations governing pornography either domestically in the European Parliament or Council of Europe region or internationally. We are trying to make awareness in this section of our site of this phenomenon in our today society which affects our families and our children.
News from our Members: discussions in Ireland on the introduction of euthanasia and assisted suicide
Brussels, 25 February 2021 Family Solidarity, our FAFCE Member in Ireland, recently presented a submission to the Committee on Justice of the Oireachtas (the National Parliament of the Republic of Ireland), targeting the law
Non-performing loans: the impact of the pandemic on families and credit
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INVITATION | FAFCE-COMECE joint Webinar on “The Elderly and the Future of Europe” (1st March 2021, 15.00 – 16.15 CET)
Following the publication of a joint Reflexion Paper on "The Elderly and the Future of Europe", the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) and the Conference Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of
FAFCE-NWFE White Paper on “Protecting women from maternal mobbing”
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“We have to fall in love with the family, as Saint Joseph did”, address of Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, on the Amoris Laetitia Year for the Family
2 February 2021 On 19 March 2021, the Church will celebrate the fifth year of the publication of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia on the beauty and joy of love in the family. On
FAFCE Informal Board Meeting: Our Members present their work in times of pandemic
1st February 2021 On the 27th of January 2021, FAFCE Members met online for an Informal Board Meeting. They shared their experience of 2020 and the initiatives they launched during this year, marked by
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The Council of Europe calls to protect children from online pornography
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