Aware of the rapid technological advances that have brought major changes affecting the role of parents, in particular in the home,
Aware of parents who are deemed incapable of good parenting,
Aware of situations where parents behave with the best of intentions but whose opinions are in conflict with the views of the majority within the community and where their actions (or inactions), most often in situations based on religious convictions will result in damage to the child,
Aware of situations where the parents' views are in conflict with those of a child who while legally under-age still has rights which increase commensurate with age,
Aware of situations where the wishes of one parent conflict with those of the other parent and which can affect the interests of the child,
THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN Calls its affiliated National Councils to urge their governments to introduce or further enhance effective programmes and campaigns at national level aimed at educating parents to be responsible guardians of human values and human rights in order to safeguard and strengthen families as the foundation of a society that promotes social justice.
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Source: International Council of Women (ICW-CIF) — 30th General Assembly, Perth, Western Australia, August 31 – September 5, 2003. Resolution No. 3.
