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Healthy Families & Kids study shows periodic community health worker meetings with parents improved weight, diet and physical activity among children in socioeconomically disadvantaged [...]

Those who experience serious mental health issues often face stigma from society, but a new study has found that their close family members also bear the brunt of that stigma. [Joel O. [...]

A united front of various transnational organizations has been working on a Civil Society Declaration to best prepare the upcoming 30th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family.

The main purpose of this guide is to provide direction to national authorities and stakeholders responsible for or involved in forming or sustaining national programmes. [World Health [...]

Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure, while wives devote more time to caregiving and housework. [Richard Fry, Carolina Aragão, Kiley Hurst and Kim [...]

For many non-office roles, the work-from-home phenomenon is clashing against the more traditional approach still being taken by many employers. [Sander van’t Noordende – World [...]

High-quality childcare can improve children’s development, raise family income and boost productivity – but there can be negative effects from low-quality provision.

Children continue to be victimized by practices and policies that prioritize adult desires above children’s rights. [Katy Faust – MercatorNet, 21 April 2023.] READ MORE

The Commission on Population and Development ended its fifty-sixth session on April 14th, 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, unable to adopt by consensus a draft resolution [...]

It is important for policymakers to consider these demographic trends when planning for the future of their own countries as well as those of their allies and competitors. [Kristian Alexander [...]