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World Congress of Families Caribbean Conference in Barbados, April 8-9

Contact: Larry Jacobs, World Congress of Families, 815-997-7106, media@worldcongress.org

ROCKFORD, Ill., March 16, 2016 /Christian Newswire/ -- World Congress of Families will hold its third Caribbean Conference at the Accra Beach Hotel in Barbados, April 8-9, 2016. The conference is being organized by Veronica Evelyn of Barbados and Rebekah Ali-Gouveia, WCF Caribbean Representative, of Trinidad.

WCF held previous Caribbean conferences in 2012 and 2013, both in Trinidad. 

Veronica Evelyn noted: "Dysfunctional family structures are a legacy of the Caribbean's colonial past. Strong nations are built on strong families and the WCF conference will provide a platform for equipping leaders across the Caribbean to firmly define and passionately pursue core values regarding marriage, family and human sexuality."

The conference includes lectures by such distinguished international speakers as Brian Brown (National Organization for Marriage) on "Marriage as a Public Good: Why We Should Defend Marriage as Between One Man and One Woman" – Theresa Okafor (Foundation for African Cultural Heritage, Nigeria) "Parental Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Children" -- Christine Vollmer (Latin American Alliance for the Family) "Values and Virtues Education" – Don Feder (WCF Coordinator of Regional Conferences) "The Sexual Revolution and Demographic Winter" – Joel Bockrath (Population Research Institute) "Population Issues and Coerced Abortion" –  Tracy Klicka (Home School Legal Defence Association) "Home Education and the Rights of Families" -- Susan Roylance (Howard Center for Family Religion & Society) "The Family and Sustainable Development Goals" -- Dr. Nanci Coppola (Project Reach Inc.) "Pornography – The Silent Family Killer" – and Glenn Stanton (Focus on the Family) "How to Engage Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues with Love and Compassion."

Among the many outstanding expert speakers from the Caribbean are Leah Vierra (marriage coach) "How to Improve Marriage Without Discussing It" – Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard (University of the West Indies) "Demographic Trends in the Caribbean" – Rebekah Ali-Gouveia (Elpis Centre) "Motherhood – Building a Nation from the Cradle" – Rev. Paul Leacock "Domestic Violence: Undermining the Foundation of Families" – Adrian Alexander (CURB) "The Caribbean Experience with Modern Slavery: Trafficking in Persons in the Former British Colonies" -- and Dr. Michael Combs (National Family Association) "Fatherhood: the Importance of the Father in Building a Nation."

Day 2 of the conference will consist of workshops, including: Legitimizing post abortion trauma – Grassroots and online activism – Effective media strategies – Approaches to family intimacy education in the schools – Establishing a crisis pregnancy centre – and International law, human rights and religious freedom.

Rebekah Ali Gouveia commented:

    "As the World Congress of Families Caribbean Representative, I'm looking forward to our Barbados conference, the third WCF Caribbean conference in the last 4 years.  The people of the Caribbean are facing a crisis in the family and we need to remind citizens of the critical role the family plays in developing healthy and prosperous societies.  I am thrilled to be a part of a burgeoning movement that will uphold the family as the bedrock of our Countries."

For more information or to register for the conference please visit the World Congress of Families Caribbean website at www.wcfcaribbean.org.

World Congress of Families has held past regional conferences in Canada, Trinidad, Bolivia, London,, Kenya, Nigeria, Serbia, Moldova, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, and Georgia. There will also be a regional conference in Salta, Argentina (June 14-15).

World Congress of Families X – Civilization at The Crossroads: The Natural Family as the Bulwark of Freedom and Human Values - will take place in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (May 15-18, 2016).  This is the premier gathering of the world's largest network of pro-family leaders, parents, youth, lawmakers, scholars, religious leaders, and advocates united to support the natural family.  More information and registration is available at www.worldcongress.ge.

World Congress of Families is dedicated to improving communication and cooperation among pro-family and pro-life groups at the local, national and international levels. Visit our website at www.worldcongress.org.

The World Congress of Families, located in the heartland of America (Rockford, Illinois), is an international human rights non-governmental and non-religious organization (NGO) with special consultative status at the United Nations (UN).  The WCF consists of a global network of pro-life and pro-family organizations, scholars, leaders, and people of faith and goodwill from more than 80 countries that seek to affirm and advocate for the natural family as the only fundamental and sustainable unit of ordered liberty and civil society (as found in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948).  The WCF coalition was co-founded in 1995 by Dr. Allan Carlson to dialogue and promote family, faith, and freedom among Western and Eastern cultures and civilizations following the collapse of the Soviet Union.  To date, there have been over 50 WCF regional conferences on five continents and eight official World Congresses of Families - Prague (1997), Geneva (1999), Mexico City (2004), Warsaw (2007), Amsterdam (2009), Madrid (2012) and Sydney (2013). World Congress of Families IX was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 27-30, 2015 (www.wcf9.org) and attracted over 3,300 delegates from more than 60 countries.  World Congress of Families X - "Civilization at The Crossroads: The Natural Family as The Bulwark of Freedom and Human Values." -- will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 16-18, 2016.  WCF regional events are also planned in 2016 for six other locations around the world, www.worldcongress.org.