Family Policy in the Changing World

Focused on the interrelationship between family policy and the promotion of social protection and intergenerational solidarity.

This EGM was organized by the United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), in collaboration with the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development.

The theme of the Meeting was ‘Family policy in a changing world: promoting social protection and intergenerational solidarity’. Experts dealing with various aspects of social development were invited from a broad geographical distribution to participate in the meeting in their personal capacities. Experts were asked to present a paper, participate in group discussions and give their expert opinion and policy recommendations on strengthening family policymaking and integrating a family perspective into the implementation of social protection policies and in the fostering of intergenerational solidarity.

Background materials

• Introduction
• Agenda
• Recommendations
• List of Participants

Papers

• Family Policies and their role in the change and sustainable development
  by Dr. Asma Abdullah Al Attiya (Arabic)
• Social Protection, Family and the Crossroads of Inter and Intra-Generational Solidarity in Developing Unequal Societies Challenges for Latin America
  by Fernando Filgueira
• Social Protection and Developping Countries: A View From South Asia
  by Gabriele Köhler
• Achieving Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment And Ending Violence Against Women in Africa: A Review Of The Role Of Family Policy And Social Protection
  by Gladys Bindura Mutangadura
• A Review Of Social Protection Experiences In Africa
  by Gladys Bindura Mutangadura
• India’s Changing Family: Problems and Policy Formulation`
  by Janardan Prasad Singh
• Policy Issues In Reconciling Work and The Family
  by Juan Antonio Fernández Cordón
• Family Policy In Eastern Europe: Developments and Recommendations
  by Mihaela Robila
• The Newly-Imerging Pattern Of Familial Transfers In Aging Japan
  by Naohiro Ogawa
• Investing in intergenerational solidarity and social inclusion: Ways and means to develop national capacities, monitoring and evaluation
  by Nugroho Abikusno
• Introduction
  by Sergei Zelenev
• CHILD, FAMILY, AND STATE – The Relationship Between Family Policy and Social Protection Policy
  by Sheila B. Kamerman

The views expressed in these papers or presentations are the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, the Doha International Family Institute