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Given the risks of economic hardship to family functioning and subsequent health, UN member nations should consider implementing anti-poverty policies to promote strong families.

The Secretary of Institutional Relations of the City of São Paulo promoted, in partnership with the organization Family Talks and the participation of IFFD, a forum on ‘Strengthening Family [...]

Norway had a Total Fertility Rate that was well above the OECD average for much of the 1990s and 2000s, but since 2009 has been experiencing a rapid decline in fertility. [OECD, June 2023.] READ MORE

President Yoon stated “We need to calmly re-evaluate the low birth rate policy and figure out why it failed based on scientific evidence.” [KEI, 22 June 2023.] READ MORE

European countries’ attempts to get dads to take more paternity leave have had unintended consequences, and sparked debate about the fairest way to divide leave between mothers and fathers. [...]

Rights that employers should have in place in relation to employees’ family situations under the UK Employment Rights Act 1996. [Glenn Jaques and Niamh Lewis – People Management, 19 May [...]

The new agency for overseeing child policies will address issues related to birth rates as well as tackling child abuse and poverty the government under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida struggles to [...]

The International Federation for Family Development (IFFD) and the IPC – Facultés Libres de Philosophie et de Psychologie have organized an event with students of the Faculty in Paris, to [...]

Up to £233.5 million allocated to the Supporting Families programme for 2023/24, in addition to the £1.9 billion allocated over the past 10 years. [UK Department for Levelling Up, Housing and [...]

The government will launch a series of measures in the coming months to reduce the impact of inflation on people’s cost of living, including new workplace family supportive policies, according to [...]