The present report on the "Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes" is submitted in response to General Assembly resolution 71/163. The report focuses on recent initiatives towards the implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes by Member States, United Nations entities and civil society. The report aims to contribute to the systematic exchange of good practices in family policymaking.

The ECOSOC Youth Forum, which has been held annually since 2012, will take place from the 30^th to the 31^st of January in New York under the title “The role of youth in building sustainable and resilient urban and rural communities”. The aim of the forum is to bring youth into discussions with government representatives, youth delegates, policymakers and other relevant stakeholders in civil society and the private sector about the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development.

In 2017, a number of ‘transformative’ initiatives were taken by the international community to make the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a reality by, for and with persons with disabilities.

Youth Flash is out with a new look! With a more user-friendly interface, readers are now able to search for news and publications from specific UN entities.

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Universal social protection is a potent development policy tool that can alleviate poverty, inequality and social exclusion. Few countries have been able to reduce poverty and improve living conditions on a broad scale without comprehensive social protection systems in place.

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Upcoming Events

Expert Group Meeting on Care and Older Persons: Links to Decent Work, Migration and Gender (5-7 December 2017, UNHQ NY)

The fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD56) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 29 January to 7 February 2018. The session will address the 2018 policy cycle’s priority theme “Strategies for eradicating poverty to achieve sustainable development for all”.

UN WOMEN and UN DESA Focal Point on Ageing jointly held an interactive brown-bag on 7 December 2017 to discuss “Why we should care? About Long-term Care”.

In the context of rapid population ageing, long-term care (LTC) for older people has become an urgent issue for gender equality and human rights everywhere, but policy responses have been slow—putting the well-being both older people and their caregivers in jeopardy.