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Family policies in Latin America: A panorama of antipoverty and workfamily balance policies

The experience of Latin American countries in the implementation of family policies is relatively recent. Compared to what has been achieved by most OECD countries in more than thirty years of designing, trying and evaluating policy instruments for families with children, the region is far behind. However, in recent years Latin America has been carrying out significant changes in the field of family policies. Also, academic research and public debate on policies for reducing poverty among families with children and for improving the balance between work and family is becoming stronger. This paper systematizes the most salient aspects of the situation of Latin American and the Caribbean…

Family-oriented Priorities, Policies and Programmes in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The 2030 Development Agenda sets out a universal plan of action to achieve sustainable development in a balanced manner and seeks to realize the human rights and well-being of all people. It calls for leaving no one behind and for ensuring that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are met for all segments of society, at all ages, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable, including children, women, older persons and persons with disabilities, as well as vulnerable families. The Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) are a central element of the follow-up and review mechanisms of the 2030 Agenda as set out in the 2015 Declaration. The framework is built around voluntary, participatory,…

United Nations Workshop on HIV/AIDS and Family Well-being

The Policy Workshop was organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and hosted by the Government of Namibia, National Planning Commission Secretariat. It was held at Windhoek, Namibia. The purpose of the workshop was to bring together representatives of governments and non-governmental organizations as well as academic experts and practitioners from various countries in southern Africa to discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS on families in the region. Download Full Publication

Technology and Families

6-10 October 1998 - Dublin,Ireland Report Background Paper

Family policies in Latin America: : A panorama of antipoverty and workfamily balance policies

This paper systematizes the most salient aspects of the situation of Latin American and the Caribbean countries regarding family policies, with a clear purpose of contributing to a better understanding of what has been achieved in the last decade and, most importantly, what are the main challenges the region is facing. More specifically, the paper analyzes the main advances and limitations Latin America presents on the implementation of family‐ oriented anti‐poverty transfers including a detailed revision of the main results obtained so far. Download Full Publication

Family-Oriented Policies for Poverty Reduction, Work-Family Balance and Intergenerational Solidarity

Different perspectives on well-being and development conceptualise and measure poverty in different ways. This publication analyzes the persistence of poverty that is relatively higher in certain groups of people and types of households and families. In developing countries these include single parent households, particularly those headed by women; migrant families; families living in rural areas and urban slums; and households affected by HIV and AIDS. Download Full Publication

State of the World's Indigenous Peoples: First Volume

Indigenous peoples contribute extensively to humanity's cultural diversity, enriching it withmore than two thirds of its languages and an extrordinary amount of its traditional knowledge. There are over 370 million indigenous people in some 90 countries, living in all regions of the world. The situation of indigenous peoples in many parts of the world is critical today. Poverty rates are significantly higher among indigenous peoples compared to other groups. While they constitute 5 per cent of the world's population, they are 15 per cent of the world's poor. Most indicators of well-being show that indigenous peoples suffer disproportionately compared to non-indigenous peoples. Indigenous…

Official Documents

General Assembly Resolutions A/RES/69/159 Rights of Indigenous Peoples (18 December 2014) A/RES/69/2 Outcome Document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (25 September 2014)A/RES/68/149 Rights of Indigenous Peoples (18 December 2013) A/RES/67/153 Rights of indigenous peoples (20 December 2012)
Press release: GA/SHC/4063 A/RES/66/296 Organization of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (17 September 2012)
Press release: GA/11283.
Adopted without vote.A/RES/66/142 Rights of indigenous peoples (19 December 2011)
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Reports on MDGs and Indigenous Peoples

The Millennium Declaration, signed by 147 Heads of State and Government, provided an opportunity for a renewed focus on indigenous peoples in the international development debate. However, despite the MDGs many successes, the goals did far from address indigenous peoples' aspirations for human rights, equality and participation in the processes around the MDGs. This has been documented in various publications: MDG Reports, CCAs, UNDAFs and Indigenous Peoples: A Desk Review 2010
AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH March 10 2010 | Adobe Acrobat (pdf) MDG Reports and Indigenous Peoples: A desk review, No. 3, Feb 2008
AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH March 3 2008 | Adobe Acrobat (pdf) Desk…

Martínez Cobo Study

Study of the Problem of Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations Final report submitted by the Special Rapporteur, Mr. José Martínez Cobo Introduction (30 July 1981) E/CN.4/Sub.2/476
10 August 1982E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/2
5 August 1983E/CN.4/Sub.2/1983/21

Chapter I: Measures adopted by the United Nations E/CN.4/Sub.2/476/Add.4 Chapter II: Action taken by the specialized agencies E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/2/Add.1 Chapter III: Action taken by the Organization of American States E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/2/Add.2 Chapter IV: Other international action E/CN.4/Sub.2/476/2/Add.5 Chapter V: Definition of indigenous populations E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/2/Add.6 Chapter VI: Composition of the…