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The opening session of the second Global Meeting of SDGs & Families Project, held in San Jose on 23-25 May, was inaugurated by the President of the Parliament of Costa Rica, Mr. Gonzalo Ramírez Zamora. The meeting gathered not only the members of the global research team, but also the UNDESA's DSPD Focal Point on Family, Mrs. Renata Kaczmarska, and other regional experts. The goal was to assess the development of the project, aimed to define well-being global family indicators.
The Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of San Jose, Mrs. Paula Vargas Ramírez, and several experts in family policies of the Municipality intervened in one of the sessions.
The purpose of the SDGs & Families project, promoted by the International Federation for Family Development (IFFD) and sponsored by Caixabank, is to help policymakers to understand the role of stable families in supporting societies and how societies can support strong families, as well as provide support in assesing how public policy decisions can directly and indirectly affect family and child well-being.
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Source: IFFD
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