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International Day of Families 2014

Theme: "Families Matter for the Achievement of Development Goals; International Year of the Family + 20"

IDF 2014

Family Futures

Family Futures, Commemorative Publication by Tudor Rose

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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  • Karen Bogenschneider
    Building Better Public Policy for Families: Communicating Research and Analysis to Policymakers
  • Noor Al-Malki Al- Jehani
    Beyond 2014: Making families matter
  • Peter Crowley
    Documenting Contributions of Civil Society to the Well-being of Families: a Study Update
  • Raymond Mutura
    Declaration of the Civil Society on the occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family
  • Interviews with panellists

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UN officials highlight role of families in achieving development, advancing better world

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Focusing on role of families in achieving development for a better world

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  • Ms. Noor Al Malki Al Jehani, Executive Director, Doha International Family Institute (Arabic)
  • Mr. Raymond Mutura, Area Vice-President for English-Speaking Africa, IFFD (English)