Past Events
2020: “Families in Development: Copenhagen & Beijing+25”
2019: “Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG13”
2018: “Families and inclusive societies”
2017: “Families, education and well-being”
2016: “Families, healthy lives and sustainable future”
2015: ”Men in charge? Gender equality and children’s rights in contemporary families”
Family trends
Families around the world are changing, many becoming smaller, as the number of single-parent households grows. Currently, 65% of all families are made up of either couples living with children of any age, or couples living with both children and extended family members, such as grandparents. The diminishing number of extended families and the increasing number of single-parent families put into sharp focus the issue of social protection.
2021 Theme: Families and New Technologies
Following up on the theme of the 59th session of the Commission for Social Development: “Socially just transition towards sustainable development: the role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all” the 2021 observance of the International Day of Families focuses on the impacts of new technologies on the well-being of families.
Megatrends, including new technologies, demographic shifts, rapid urbanization, and migration trends, as well as climate change, have been dramatically shaping our world.
The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of digital technologies for work, education and communication. The pandemic has accelerated technological changes that had already been under way both in society and at work, including the expanded use of digital platforms and related technological innovations like cloud computing and the use of big data and algorithms.
In preparation for the Thirtieth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family, 2024 (IYF+30) the United Nations aims to raise awareness of megatrends noted above and responsive family-oriented policies to tackle their effects.
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Our world is in great need of harmony and unity. If this began within the family unit, war-hungry leaders would perhaps consider otherwise before sending precious young lives out into the battlefield.
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