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.
In December 2024, the EPSCO Council adopted conclusions on "strengthening women’s and girls’ mental health by promoting gender equality." They contain a strong family dimension.
COFACE Families Europe is looking for a Communication and events intern from March to December 2025 COFACE Families Europe is a pluralistic network of family organisations representing the interest of all types of families in Europe, without discrimination. We are...
As part of the European Semester, the Joint Employment Report 2025 emphasises that participation in ECEC under three is improving but at a very low pace, calling for renewed efforts in line with the European Child Guarantee, the European Care Strategy and the Council Recommendation on ECEC.
The Bonniconlon local guild of the Irish Countrywomen`s Association (member of COFACE Families Europe) has worked hard to organise a public debate on International Day of Families which focuses on celebrating 50 years of Ireland in the European Union.
There is a lot of discussion in the common discourse revolving around fears that digital technologies are harming children’s wellbeing. Digigen’s latest working paper presents an innovative multimodal approach to investigating how digital transformation affects children and young people’s free time.
Designing welfare policies requires a deep understanding of complex social and economic phenomena. Phenomena that are often hard to be fully captured by conventional economic models and metrics such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Thus, over the last years, the academic community has tried to address this issue through the development of a beyond-GDP agenda.
To mark this International Day of Families 2022, we are pleased to announce the launch of #FamilyTeamWork, a joint campaign of COFACE Families Europe and Men Engage Eastern Europe & Central Asia, a UNFPA-led platform. No matter the make-up of a family, a family is a team.
We are happy to share with you a guide for working parents and employers "Equal at Home - Equal at Work” published by our member Share the Care Poland. It is a collection of expert articles and good practices for employers on building parental equality in the workplace.
As the French presidential elections are ongoing and in the run-up to the legislative elections of 2022, COFACE's member Unapei and its network want to see concrete actions for the rights of persons with disabilities reflected in the candidate’s campaign. They are mobilising and challenging the candidates through a plea made up of several demands.
