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Family structure and well-being across Israel’s diverse population. 127
Liora Bowers, Director of Policy, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel
Evolving space for fishers’ families in the western
Bay of Bengal region.......................................................................131
Yugraj Singh Yadava, Director, Rajdeep Mukherjee, Policy Analyst, Md. Sharif Uddin,
Fishery Resource Officer, Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation
Confronting family poverty in Romania..........................................136
Codrin Scutaru, Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Protection
and Elderly, Romania
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Workplace policies and protections: a family matter......................142
Jody Heymann, Dean, University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public
Health and Founding Director, WORLD Policy Analysis Center; and Kristen McNeill,
Research and Policy Analyst, WORLD Policy Analysis Center
Fathers and work-family policies ...................................................145
Professor Margaret O’Brien, Director, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of
Education, University of London
Caring, supportive and protective families can break the
intergenerational cycle of poverty, inequity and discrimination......148
David Anthony, Chief, Policy Advocacy and Coordination, Division of Policy and
Strategy, UNICEF
A better work-life balance for both fathers and mothers. ................151
Willem Adema, Senior Economist, Social Policy Division, Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development
Ensuring work-family balance........................................................155
Agnes Uhereczky, Director, Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union
Making mothers matter .................................................................159
Florence von Erb, President, Make Mothers Matter
Corporate family responsibility. .....................................................163
Mireia Las Heras PhD, Nuria Chinchilla PhD and Esther Jimenez, Researcher, International
Center for Work and Family at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain
Balancing family life and work: a key factor in personal happiness. 167
Thérèse Meyer-Kaelin, President of the Federal Coordinating Commission for Family Affairs
Balancing work and family life to improve
the well-being of parents and children............................................170
Johanna Lammi-Taskula, Unit Manager, and Ronald Wiman, Development
Manager, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Flexibility and a holistic perspective on support for families...........173
Göran Hägglund, Minister of Health and Social Affairs and Maria Larsson, Minister
for Children and the Elderly, Sweden
Family policy in the Republic of Slovenia.......................................177
Tamara Narat, Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia; Lea Javornik
Novak and Ružica Boški
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, Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities, Slovenia
Work-family balance: issues and considerations
for the post-2014 agenda...............................................................180
Zitha Mokomane, Chief Research Specialist, Human and Social Development
Programme, Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Work, care and family policy in Australia: a work in progress.........183
Dr Elizabeth Hill, Co-convener, Australian Work and Family Policy Roundtable
Work and family approaches in Australia ......................................187
Alan Hayes and Jennifer Baxter, with colleagues from the Australian Government
Department of Social Services and the Australian Institute of Family Studies
Supporting families with their work and family life aspirations.......191
Stephanie Tan, Manager, Family Policy Unit; Rahayu Buang, Deputy Director,
Family Policy Unit; Charlotte Beck, Senior Director, Family Development Group,
Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore
Korea’s work-family reconciliation policy:
achievements and challenges .........................................................195
Hong Seung-ah, Director, Family Policy Center, Korean Women’s Development Institute
Korea’s family policy challenges.....................................................198
Yoon-Jeong Shin, Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Families and work in Canada.........................................................201
Nora Spinks, CEO, and Nathan Battams, Researcher, The Vanier Institute of the Family
Notes and References.....................................................................205
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