27.01.25
UN New York, UN Commission on Social Development โ Register now to our virtual side-event for a discussion on how a more equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work can contribute to social cohesion and social development.
๐ย February 12 โย 10:00-11:15 am New York / 16:00-17:15 pm Paris
๐ Online – REGISTER HERE
The event will be held in English, but interpretation in French and Spanish will be provided.ย
Families in all their diversity are the cornerstones of human development and the most immediate environment where individuals learn to navigate social relationships, solidarity, conflicts and responsibilities, as well as caring for each other. Families also nurture the values, attitudes, and behaviours that extend into communities and societies. Fostering solidarity, social inclusion, and social cohesion therefore begins in the home.
Promoting shared caregiving responsibilities and creating an inclusive culture of care in families emerge as a transformative pathway toward achieving the commitments of the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development, the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development โ particularly SDG 5 (gender equality), SDG 10 (reduced inequalities), and SDG 16 (peaceful and inclusive societies).
This side-event proposes to look at families as a critical starting point for social development, with a particular focus on equal parenting and the involvement of fathers/men in caregiving as a pathway to building a society that values care and fosters solidarity, social inclusion and social cohesion.
The main purpose of our side-event is to frame equal parenting as a โbottom-upโ approach to social development, where the wellbeing of mothers and families, and a culture of shared caring responsibilities is at the heart of social and economic policies and practices.
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This webinar is an online side-event to the 63rd UN Commission on Social Development, which will take place 10-14ย February 2025 at the UN headquarters in New York. This year’s theme: ‘Strengthening solidarity, social inclusion and social cohesion to accelerate the delivery of the commitments of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development as well as the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’.
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