Empowering Families:A Pathway to Development

April 16-17 2014Doha, Qatar

Civil Society and the FamilyCivil Society and the FamilyPanel Discussion

Ignacio SocíasIFFD-The Family Watch

Family, more a meeting pointthan a controversial issue

United Nations,the right place to face it

We all come from a family,most of us live in a family

Without families, developmentbecomes much harder

Promoting research to reachevidence-based results

NGOs can reach academics andjoin efforts of all social agents

Only evidence can help todiscriminate so much noise

There is more to show togetherthan to identify each one of us

We need to show that unanimityif we want to make progress

The Declaration of theCivil Society, a success story

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Common goal: family perspective

How to define‘family perspective’?

1. Family Indicators in the SDGs

•Poverty and Social Exclusion

•Gender Equality•Gender Equality

•Health and Wellbeing

•Quality Education andLifelong Learning

How to define‘family perspective’?

2. Definition of indicators fora Family Impact Report

•Combating poverty•Combating poverty

•Work-family balance

•Intergenerational dialogue