International Day Of Families

Family-oriented Policies for Sustainable Development: Towards the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025. Moderator & Introductory remarks:  Renata Kaczmarska, Focal Point on the Family, Social Integration & Participation Branch, Division for Inclusive Social Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, DISD/UNDESA  Family-oriented Policies & Programmes: Towards the Second World Summit for Social Development. Keynote address: María del Rosario Esteinou Madrid, Professor and Researcher, Center of Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology, Mexico  Family Policies and Issues in Voluntary National Reviews, 2020-2024 (publication launch) Regional Perspectives and Good Practices in Family Policy-making  Presenters: Vivian Lou Weigun, Professor, University of Hong Kong & Representative of the Consortium of Family Institutes in Asia, CIFA  Family-oriented Policies in Response to Megatrends in Asia & Outcomes of Asian Fam...

  The conclusions of the Asian Family Summit “ Towards a better tomorrow for families:partnership, collaboration and action for sustainable development ”, jointly organized by the  Consortium of Institutes on Family in the Asian Region (CIFA) , the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong and various Hong Kong, SAR Government entities will be featured, highlighting good practices in family policy-making in Asia. As the European continent has been experiencing demographic ageing and decreasing fertility levels in the past decades, many European countries have been implementing comprehensive policies to support families in the areas of financial stability, work-life balance, gender equality and healthy early childhood development , among others. Recognising that single parents and their children represent a considerable proportion of the population , and the specific challenges they often face, the panel will showcase the Single Parents’ Centres of Hungary as ...

  The Voluntary National Review (VNR) reports are a central element of the follow-up andreview mechanisms of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development . The framework is built around voluntary, participatory, country-led processes that track progress on the SDGs, with a focus on people furthest behind – including individuals and families in vulnerable situations . The VNRs serve as a basis for the regular reviews by the high-level political forum (HLPF), meeting under the auspices of Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Research paper Family Policies and Issues in Voluntary National reviews 2020-2024 to be launched at the observance is to analyze the importance of family policies and their contribution to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets , especially those relating to SDGs 1-6, 10-11 and 16. Moreover, the paper is to offer examples of good practices infamily policy making relating to the megatrends impacting families , including technological chan...

  The Second World Summit for Social Development to be held in November 2025 in Doha, Qatar is taking place amidst global challenges and only five years before the end date of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Summit is expected to give momentum towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and is to strengthen the three pillars of social development: poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and social inclusion and assess progress in the implementation of Copenhagen commitments. The 1995 Copenhagen Declaration of the World Summit for Social Developmen t recognized the family as the basic unit of society and acknowledged that it plays a key role in development and is entitled to receive comprehensive protection and support. Governments further recognized that the family should be strengthened, with attention to the rights, capabilities and responsibilities of its members. The Summit also recognized that “in different cultural, ...

Under the theme ' 'Family-oriented Policies for Sustainable Development: Towards the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025 .'' The observance of the International Day of Families 2025  ( IDF ) on May 15th aims to: Note the importance of family policy focus in the upcoming Second World Summit for Social Development . Present an analysis of family policies and issues in National Voluntary Reviews 2020-2024. Review the major initiatives undertaken as part of the preparations for and observance of the thirtieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (IYF+30) . Present good practices in family policymaking at regional and national levels. Recommend family-oriented policies for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development . As part of the follow-up to the International Year of the Family and its thirtieth anniversary, the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic andSocial Affair s has been explori...