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.
On the first anniversary of the EU’s Child Rights Strategy, COFACE alongside 13 organisations calls to put child rights at the heart of EU policies and apply the Strategy responding to the crisis in Ukraine to support all children and their families.
COFACE Families Europe is deeply concerned about the escalating situation in Ukraine and the consequences for the people of Ukraine.
In December 2021, COFACE Families Europe released the S.H.I.F.T. from word to actions: shedding the light on the S.H.I.F.T. towards meaningful inclusion in Europe, where we highlighted 45 practices for meaningful inclusion in Eu rope, aligned with the 45 actions of our S.H.I.F.T. guide. Over the last months, we have received news about a few practices that we are happy to share with you, hoping that they will inspire you as they have inspired us.
For lots of kinship carers, fuel poverty is a real issue and we know that it can be a really hard time when it comes to heating your home whilst keeping an eye on the bills. COFACE member, Kinship, put the following fact sheet together with some ideas and resources to help families face rising energy costs
Our member, UNAF Spain, has carried out a study in collaboration with the Department of Sociology at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) looking at how the pandemic and the measures adopted to combat it have affected work, family, and personal conditions.
Violence against women and domestic violence are pervasive throughout the EU and are estimated to affect 1 in 3 women in the EU. On International Day of Women’s Rights, March 8th 2022, the European Commission presented EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence.
