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1. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the state. Africa. The protection of the family and vulnerable groups is specified under the African Charter on Human and People's Rights in Article 18, stating: 1. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society.
The World Congress of Families ( WCF) is a United States coalition that promotes Christian right values internationally. [2] It opposes divorce, birth control, same-sex marriage, pornography, and abortion, while supporting a society built on "the voluntary union of a man and a woman in a lifelong covenant of marriage".
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (also called the ACRWC or Children's Charter) was adopted by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1990 (in 2001, the OAU legally became the African Union) and was entered into force in 1999. Like the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Children's ...
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but since the 14th century have only been used in place of private acts to grant a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.
A congressional charter is a law passed by the United States Congress that states the mission, authority, and activities of a group. Congress has issued corporate charters since 1791 and the laws that issue them are codified in Title 36 of the United States Code. [1] The first charter issued by Congress was for the First Bank of the United States.
The following list includes societies that have been identified as matrilineal or matrilocal in ethnographic literature. "Matrilineal" means kinship is passed down through the maternal line. [1] The Akans of Ghana, West Africa, are Matrilineal. Akans are the largest ethnic group in Ghana. They are made of the Akims, Asantes, Fantis, Akuapims ...
Family traditions are celebrated in numerous ways across the world. In Spain, for example, when the clock strikes midnight, families gather to eat 12 grapes, one at each bell toll.
The World Meeting of Families is a gathering of the Roman Catholic Church that has occurred every three years since 1994. It is organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, which "promotes the pastoral care of families, protects their rights and dignity in the Church and in civil society, so that they may ever be more able to fulfill their duties."