2014 International Day of Families

Theme: "Families Matter for the Achievement of Development Goals; International Year of the Family + 20"

Family Futures, Commemorative Publication by Tudor Rose

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Message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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Background Note

Programme

DPI Invitation

Biographical notes of panellists

Video of Civil Society in Support of the Declaration

Video Civil Society Working for Families Worldwide

Presentations

• Karen Bogenschneider
  Building Better Public Policy for Families: Communicating Research and Analysis to Policymakers
• Noor Al-Malki Al- Jehani
  Beyond 2014: Making families matter
• Peter Crowley
  Documenting Contributions of Civil Society to the Well-being of Families: a Study Update
• Raymond Mutura
  Declaration of the Civil Society on the occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family
• Interviews with panellists

UN News Centre: UN officials highlight role of families in achieving development, advancing better world

UNDESA: Focusing on role of families in achieving development for a better world

UN Radio Interviews

• Ms. Noor Al Malki Al Jehani, Executive Director, Doha International Family Institute (Arabic)
• Mr. Raymond Mutura, Area Vice-President for English-Speaking Africa, IFFD (English)