Vaisingumo kodas: nuo egzistencinės prasmės iki sveikatos raštingumo

We invite you to an international scientific conference where we will look at fertility as the key to a woman's overall health and strengthening the family, revealing the loopholes exploited by commercial interests. Fertility is not just a biological function or a "technical" process - it is a fundamental part of personal identity, health and life continuity. https://bioetika.lt/vaisingumo-kodas-nuo-ekzistencines-prasmes-iki-sveikatos-rastingumo/

Conference program – three plenary sessions:

I. Understanding Fertility: An Existential and Anthropological Dimension

Fertility as a gift, not a burden. How knowing one's body changes a woman's self-concept, dignity and relationship with life.

II. Biological Mirror: Fertility Awareness as a Diagnostic Tool and Health Literacy

A woman's cycle is the fifth vital indicator. How fertility monitoring helps in early diagnosis of health disorders and what role nutrition plays in hormonal balance.

III. Preparation for the family: knowledge of fertility - the basis of sexuality education

The family as the primary educational space: the role of parents, the relationship between mother and daughter, chastity and preparation for marriage.

Speakers from Lithuania, Spain, France, Poland, the Czech Republic and the USA, including Fr. prof. Dr. Andrius Narbekovas, dr. Yolanda Fernández (IEEF/EIFLE President), Prof. Dr. René Ecochard (Claude Bernard University, Lyon), dr. Pilar Vigil (Institute for Fertility Health Research, USA/Chile), dr. Michael D. Manhart (CCL, USA), prof. Dr. Birutė Obelenienė (VDU) and other international experts.

Patron of the conference - His Excellency Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas dr. Kęstutis Kėvalas.

Organizers: VMU Faculty of Catholic Theology, Center for Marriage and Family Studies, European Institute of Family Life Education (IEEF/EIFLE), Kaunas Archdiocese Family Center.

We invite specialists, parents and everyone who cares about women's health and the future of the family to join this important conversation.

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

08:30 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 – 09:30 Conferences opening

• Word of welcome: His Excellency Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas dr. Kęstutis Kėvalas, Grand Chancellor of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at VMU

• Assoc. Dr. Benas Ulevičius, Dean of KTF, VDU

• Dr. doctor Yolanda Fernández, President of the European Family Life Education Institute

09:30 - 11:00 I PLENARY SESSION

KNOWING FERTILITY: EXISTENTIAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSION

Moderated by Assoc. Dr. Benas Ulevičius, VDU

09:30 - 10:00 "Fertility - the existential good of a person" - Fr. prof. Dr. Andrius Narbekovas, VDU

10:00 - 10:30 "The contraceptive pill as the "mother" of Homo sentimentalis - prof. Dr. doctor Gintautas Vaitoška, ​​International Institute of Theology, Trumau, Austria

10:30 - 11:00 "Women's freedom and embodied fertility: where does their opposition come from?" - dr. Vilma Šliužaitė, VDU

11:00 - 11:30 "Science and gender" - prof. doctor Dr. René Ecochard, Professor Emeritus, Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France

11:30 - 12:00 Plenary I

12:00 - 12:30 Coffee break

12:30 - 14:30 II PLENARY SESSION

BIOLOGICAL MIRROR: FERTILITY KNOWLEDGE AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL AND HEALTH LITERACY

Moderated by dr. Vilma Šliužaitė

12:30 – 12:55 "Ovulation - a sign of health" - Dr. Dr. Pilar Vigil, Institute for Reproductive Health Research, New York, USA; Santiago, Chile

12:55 - 13:20 "The role of nutrition in regulating the hormonal balance of women" - Dr. Assoc. Dr. Jolanta Wasilewska, Center for Regenerative Procreative Medicine Napromedica, Białystok, Poland

13:20 - 13:45 "Light microscopy and proteomic patterns of cervical mucus ovulation" - Dr. Dr. Yolanda Fernández, UCAM Catholic University of Murcia, Spain

13:45 - 14:10 "The importance of the symptothermic method for women's health" - Dr. Ludmila Lázničková, Mgr. Jitka Pokorná, Center for Hope and Help (CENAP), Brno, Czech Republic

14:10 – 14:40 II Plenary Discussion

14:40 – 15:40 Lunch Break

15:40 – 17:40 III PLENARY SESSION

TRAINING FOR THE FAMILY: KNOWLEDGE OF FERTILITY - THE BASIS OF SEXUALITY EDUCATION

Moderated by Assoc. Dr. Aušra Vasiliauskaitė

15:40 – 16:05 "Education towards chastity: how fertility literacy shapes social and relational health" - dr. Michael D. Manhart, Chief Scientific Consultant, International Family to Family League (CCL), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

16:05 - 16:30 "Sex hormones - biological architects of personality: lack of a systemic approach in school curricula" - Prof. Dr. Birutė Obelenienė, VDU

16:30 – 16:55 "Polish medical students' knowledge of fertility methods: a cross-sectional study" - Dr. Dr. Ewa Slizięń-Kuczapska, Polish Association of Preschool Teachers, Warsaw, Poland

16:55 - 17:20 "Mother-Daughter Conversation: Relay of Womanhood" - Dr. Ingrida Jazgevičienė, VDU

17:20 – 18:00 III Plenary discussion. Closing the conference

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