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As part of the preparations for and observance of the International Year of the Family + 30, the Regional Expert Group Meeting for Asia “Families and Megatrends: Interlinkages between migration, urbanization, new technologies, demographic trends and climate change” took place in Putrajaya, Malaysia, 28-29 February 2024. The meeting was organised in partnership with the Doha International Family Institute, the National Population and Family Development Board , Malaysia (LPPKN), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and the International Federation for Family Development (IFFD). The meeting addressed the interlinkages between megatrends noted above from a family perspective.
It focused on the ways to achieve inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities for families; it analyzed strategies for optimizing the benefits of technology while minimizing its drawbacks on family relationships; it explored the policy lessons learned from Asia that can be applied globally, and the potential contributions of global experiences to the Asian context and offered recommendations for future family policy development in the region and beyond.
Concept Note / Agenda / Recommendation
Participants
Experts
- Prof. Meejung Chin, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Assoc. Prof. Bhubate Samutachak, Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand
- Prof. Ki-Soo Eun, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Prof. Narimah Awin, UNFPA Malaysia Country Office, Malaysia
- Prof. Sunil Babu Shrestha, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Nepal
- Prof. Rokuro Tabuchi, Sophia University, Japan
- Prof. Rumaya Juhari, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Practitioners
- Mr. Jong-ik Lee, Blue Tree Foundation, South Korea
- Mrs. Lishuang Chen, China Great Wall Society, China
Papers and Presentations
Prof. Narimah Awin, UNFPA Malaysia Country Office, Malaysia
Mrs. Lishuang Chen, China Great Wall Society, China
Prof. Meejung Chin, Seoul National University, South Korea
Prof. Ki-Soo Eun, Seoul National University, South Korea
Prof. Rumaya Juhari, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Jong-ik Lee, Blue Tree Foundation, South Korea
Assoc. Prof. Tey Nai Peng, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Bhubate Samutachak, Mahidol University, Thailand
Prof. Sunil Babu Shrestha, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal
Prof. Rokuro Tabuchi, Sophia University, Japan