Here you will see news from Europe, from civil society, from research, highlighting emerging trends from local to international level relevant for families of today.
On this 2026 International Women’s Day, COFACE Families Europe highlights key recommendations to move towards gender equal labour markets, and calls on the EU to adopt a European Work-life balance day on 20th March every year.
Antonia Torrens, COFACE Families Europe president, has been invited to join a special panel to advise President Ursula von der Leyen on child safety online and potential age limits for social media platforms in Europe.
COFACE member organisation the National Parents Society of Persons with Disability (NPSPD) in Malta has recently marked an important milestone in its psychosocial support work, while also preparing new initiatives for the months ahead.
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Background Family resilience centres on families’ capacities to engage in family life, which involves caregiving, especially for children, and manage the transitions involved in moving from one stage of family life to another and in engaging in paid work...
The European Union’s Action Plan on Basic Skills, published in March 2025, identifies parental disengagement as one of the contributing factors to the decline in foundational skills across Member States.
A newly published working paper by rEUsilience takes a closer look at how EU and national policies can better support family resilience through practical and research-informed reforms.
European Commission Executive Vice-President Mînzatu has recently responded to a written question concerning how the EU is addressing the growing need for long-term care (LTC).
This recommendations of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children’s (Alliance) focus on consolidating the European Child Guarantee, European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, and the future EU budget (2028-2035). We advocate for a bold, integrated, and adequately funded approach to eradicate child poverty.
