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Acknowledgements............................................................................ 3
Foreword by Amina J. Mohammed, Special Adviser to the United
Nations Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning........ 4
Statement by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland....................... 8
Statement by Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden................. 9
Statement by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO............ 10
I
A
dvancing
S
ocial
I
ntegration
and
I
ntergenerational
S
olidarity
Stronger together: intergenerational solidarity
in families and communities ...........................................................12
Donna M. Butts, Executive Director, Generations United
The role of youth in strengthening intergenerational
solidarity within the family...............................................................15
Ediola Pashollari, Secretary General, World Assembly of Youth
Strong families building strong communities.................................... 18
Vivian Fernández de Torrijos, former First Lady of Panama and Special Adviser on Family
Issues, Inclusion International; and Diane Richler, Past President, Inclusion International
Parenting around the world:
same task, same effort, different solutions........................................ 21
Marina Robben, President, International Federation for Family Development
Empowering families to achieve lifelong education for all................. 24
Abbie Raikes, Programme Specialist, Section for Basic Education, UNESCO
Intergenerational solidarity:
the springboard for societal well-being............................................. 27
Lynn Walsh, Co-chair, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Committee on the
Family and Director, Marriage, Family and Human Development, Universal Peace
Federation; and Florence Denmark, Co-chair, NGO Committee on the Family and
Main UN Representative for the International Council of Psychologists
Informal support in family life: a hidden gem
for young people, community and society ....................................... 30
Professor Pat Dolan, UNESCO Chair, and Director, UNESCO Child and Family
Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway
Family law and Islam.......................................................................33
Mounira M. Charrad, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Texas in Austin
The Arab family: increasing vulnerability in times of transition......... 36
Raidan Al-Saqqaf, Social Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia, Beirut
Advancing social integration and intergenerational solidarity............ 39
Doha International Family Institute
Social connectedness and youth development.................................. 42
Jaimee Stuart, Paul E. Jose and Magdalena Kielpikowski, Roy McKenzie Centre for the
Study of Families, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Wh
ā
nau development and resilience................................................45
Kahukore Baker, Principal M
ā
ori Policy and Knowledge Analyst, Families
Commission, New Zealand
Wh
ā
nau Ora: strengthening M
ā
ori families
in Aotearoa, New Zealand................................................................48
Emeritus Professor Sir Mason Durie, Massey University; and Ng
ā
Pae o te
M
ā
ramatanga, Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence, New Zealand
Family-oriented policy. ....................................................................51
Bathabile Olive Dlamini, Minister of Social Development, Republic of South Africa
The Community-based Center for Family Development:
working towards warm, strong and sustainable families................... 53
Office of Women’s Affairs and Family Development, Ministry of Social Development
and Human Security, Thailand
Malaysia’s initiatives for sustainable family development.................. 57
Anjli Doshi-Gandhi, Deputy Director General (Policy) and Wan Hashim Wan Jaffar,
Statistician, National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia, Ministry
of Women, Family and Community Development
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