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Daring to Make a Difference for DR Congo: Lee Ann De Reus at TEDxPSU

In the Congo, there are not victims. There are survivors. In her talk, 'Daring to Make a Difference for DR Congo,' NCFR member Dr. Lee Ann De Reus conveys the resilience and hope of Congolese women and girls while illuminating the complexities of sexualized violence and issues an inspiring call for all to serve as witness, messenger and advocate.

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Launching the first ever international graduate program in family studies jointly administered by multiple universities around the world

by Yan Ruth Xia, rxia2@unl.edu; Rich Bischoff, John DeFrain, Marjorie Kostelnik, and Cody Hollist, on behalf of the working team of the Global Consortium for International Family Studies

Currently, the most common way to develop global competence is through experiential learning abroad, but this requires financial means that put these experiences out of reach for most students. Nevertheless, global competence is needed by all family professionals. To address this problem, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, in collaboration with other universities in Australia, India, China, and Greece, have developed the Global Consortium for the International Family Studies, whose mission is to advance family studies worldwide through education, research, and international engagement.

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How international work enriched my personal and professional lives and increased my understanding of global families

by Stephan M. Wilson, Dean, College of Human Sciences and Regents Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University

I am writing this essay to encourage other members of NCFR to carefully consider global families both from a professional and a personal perspective. There are many ways that visiting, living, and working in other nations can increase understanding of one’s own culture and inform insights of family scientists about global families.

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The new dimensions of South Korean families: Changes and diversity

by Miai Sung, associate professor, Department of Home Economics, Korea National Open University, and Soyoung Lee, assistant professor, Department of Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University

During industrialization, a strong ideology of familism in South Korea played an important role in establishing families as a safety net for their members and thus required a very limited amount of governmental support for families. But in the post-industrial age, families began to deal with high demands of rapid economic growth and modernization in the country. These changes have led to serious challenges for Korean families and family relationships.

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Intergenerational relationships in transnational Eastern European families

by Olena Nesteruk, Ph.D., associate professor, Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University

In this article I will highlight Eastern European (EE) immigrants in the United States and share how they maintain intergenerational relationships across the ocean, based on my research with this group.

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A nation without children: A discussion of fertility decline in Japan

by Shawn L. Christiansen, associate professor, Family Life and Human Development, Southern Utah University

As you walk through Tokyo you see a world inhabited by adults and ominously devoid of children. The birthrate in Tokyo is currently 1.09 per woman. In Tama, a city of about 200,000 outside Tokyo, six of its elementary schools have been closed, with three more scheduled to be shut down.When visiting Japan, you may feel as if you are in a Japanese postapocalyptic anime movie, where a human-caused disaster has rendered the population unable to reproduce. The truth is much less sinister in its explanation of fertility decline, but just as dire in the consequences for a nation without children.

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Thoughts on learning abroad

by Catherine Solheim, Ph.D., associate professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Family Social Science

Culture is so important to the construction of the idea and experience of family. Often we teach about the cultures of others, yet we fail to examine ourselves as cultural beings.

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Stepfamily relationships, custody, and children's well-being in Europe

by Sarah Botterman, research fellow, Family and Population Studies, Centre for Leuven, Belgium

Divorce is a hot topic in Europe. Divorce rates are rising and most people are affected by divorce in some way, but scholars believe that not all divorce questions have been answered thoroughly and that continuing efforts should be made to better comprehend the consequences of divorce

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Serendipitous scholarship and the discovery of Palestinians

by Brian K. Barber, Ph.D., director, Center for the Study of Youth and Political Conflict, University of Tennessee

My experiences in the occupied Palestinian territories were instrumental both professionally and personally in shaping the past two decades. In short, the experience has been a continuing challenge to learn the fundamentals of understanding: how to listen, inquire, validate, and interpret the lived experiences of people.

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Global Families

Global Families is a good textbook for a overview of families and would work well for an Introduction to family studies or a general survey course in the field.

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