Meetings and Events

2015 EGM on Family Policy Development

Side event of the Commission for Social Development “Families and Migration”, 9 February 2022, 10:00 am – 11:15 pm (EST, New York time)

Virtual Expert Group Meeting on “Families in Development: Focus on Modalities for IYF +30, Parenting Education and the Impact of COVID-19, 16-18 June 2020

Side event of the Commission for Social Development “Family Homelessness: Preventions and Solutions”, 13 February 2020, 11:30am – 12:45pm, Conference Room 12, UN Headquarters in New York

Expert Group Meeting on the Role of Families and Family Policy in Supporting Youth Transitions, 11-12 December 2018 in Doha in Qatar

Expert Group Meeting on Family Policies for Inclusive Societies, New York, 15-16 May, 2018

Expert Group Meeting on Family policies and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, 12-13 May 2016 at UN Headquarters in New York.

International Expert Group Meeting “Family Policy Development: Achievements and Challenges” (New York, 14-15 May, 2015). The meeting focused on changing families, family law reforms, violence in the family and their impact on family policy development.

Side event of the Commission for Social Development in observance of the International Year of the Family + 20  “Global Perspectives on Family Well-Being: Work-Family and Intergenerational Issues Reconsidered” Friday, 14 February 2014, 1:15-2:45 p.m. Conference Room 8.

Capacity building workshop on “Family-oriented policies for poverty reduction and work-family balance in Latin America” Taller regional  de capacitación ” Políticas orientadas a las familias para la reducción de la pobreza y la conciliación de la vida laboral y familiar en América Latina”

Expert Group Meeting on Good Practices in Family Policy Making: Family Policy Development, Monitoring and Implementation: Lessons Learnt, New York, 15-17 May, 2012.

Expert Group Meeting on Assessing Family Policies: Confronting Family and Social Exclusion and Ensuring Work-Family Balance, New York, 1-3 June 2011

Expert Group Meeting on Dialogue and Mutual Understanding across Generations, Doha, Qatar, 8-9 March, 2011. 

Expert Group Meeting on Family Policy in a changing world: Promoting social protection and intergenerational solidarity, Doha, Qatar, 14-16 April, 2009.

United Nations International Capacity-building Workshop on National Family Policies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-5 December 2008.

Seminar on the Social, Health and Economic Consequences of Population Ageing in the Context of Changing Families, Bangkok, 25-27 July 2007.

Policy Workshop on HIV/AIDS and Family Well-being in South and Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand, 6 – 9 December 2005.

United Nations Workshop on HIV/AIDS and Family-wellbeing
Windhoek, Namibia, 28 – 30 January 2004. Final Report | Annex 1 | Annex 2

Consultative Meeting on mainstreaming the family issue, United Nations, New York, 10 to 12 December 2003

Fourth United Nations Consultative Meeting of Regional and International NGOs on the Family, United Nations, New York, 11 February 2002.

Consultative Meeting on Regional and Global Coordination in the Promotion of Social Integration, United Nations, New York, 1-5 October 2001.

Third United Nations Consultative Meeting of Regional and International NGOs on the Family, United Nations, New York, 9 February 2001.

Second United Nations Consultative Meeting of Regional and International NGOs on the Family, United Nations, New York. 9 February 2000.

United Nations Workshop on Families and Technology, Dublin, Ireland, 6-10 October 1998.

First United Nations Consultative Meeting of Regional and International NGOs on the Family, United Nations, New York. 9 February 1998.