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.
30+ participants from 15 European countries came together online on 15th September 2026 to strengthen cooperation, share experiences and put single-parent families higher on the European policy agenda.
On 13 July 2026, the co-chairs of the EU special panel on child safety online presented their report with recommendations to protect and empower minors in a digital world.
We are pleased to highlight the work of COFACE member Step by Step, which is involved in a new podcast series, NextGen Parenting. It is part of a new European initiative funded by the Erasmus+ programme and developed in partnership with organisations from different countries across Europe.
This initiative is designed to empower parents and educators to better navigate the digital world, fight gender stereotypes, and address different forms of violence in the digital age.
COFACE speaks at High level event hosted by the Cyprus Presidency of the European Union. The topic was “No Child is Left Behind: Promoting Child Well-Being and Combating Child Poverty”.
In this article, we put the spotlight on the topic of parental engagement to support school success.
A new survey by COFACE member organisation Women for Women highlights how access to school lunches goes beyond nutrition, playing a key role in children’s social inclusion and sense of belonging in the classroom.
The second wave of the European Institute for Gender Equality CARE Survey offers one of the most comprehensive pictures to date of how unpaid care responsibilities continue to shape everyday life across the European Union.
For the International Day of Families 2026, COFACE Families Europe calls on its members and partners to support implementation of the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, to drive real change for families in poverty and at risk of poverty.
The Preventing Violence programme of the Fundación Isadora Duncan is a comprehensive initiative aimed at combating violence against women in all its forms, with particular emphasis on one of the most normalised and invisible forms: economic violence.
