INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES: “FAMILIES AND CLIMATE ACTION: FOCUS ON SDG13”
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Although families all over the world have transformed greatly over the
past decades in terms of their structure and as a result of global
trends and demographic changes, the United Nations still recognizes the
family as the basic unit of society. The International Day of Families
provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to
families and to increase knowledge of the social, economic and
demographic processes affecting them. It has inspired a series of
awareness-raising events, including national family days. In many
countries, this day is an opportunity to highlight different areas of
interest and importance to families.
Each year, 15th May is observed worldwide as the International Day of
Families. In 1993, the UN General Assembly proclaimed this date to be an
opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to families and to
increase knowledge of the social, economic, and demographic processes
affecting families. The United Nations Programme on the Family stresses
the importance of having healthy and happy familial relationships.
This year’s theme of the International Day of Families is Families,
“Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG 13. This year, the day
reflects the importance the international community attaches to families
and their role in development. Recent commemorations of the Day focused
on the role of families for the achievement of SDGs 1 – 5 and SDG 16.
The 2019 observance focuses on families, family policies and major SDG13
targets: SDG 13 target 13.3: Improve education, awareness-raising and
human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation,
adaptation, impact reduction and early warning SDG 13 target 13.2:
integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and
planning.
The approaches to family policies for inclusive societies vary around
the world. In some regions emphasis is placed on the social inclusion of
various types of families and/or individuals such as migrant or
indigenous families, ethnic minorities or families with persons with
disabilities. In other regions, the primary emphasis is placed on social
protection for vulnerable families to facilitate their full inclusion in
the mainstream of society. As approaches vary, this year’s observance of
the International Day of Families is to raise awareness of the role of
families and family policies in achieving more inclusive societies from
regional perspectives.
We, at World Assembly of Youth (WAY), understand the importance of the
international day of families. It highlights the importance of family in
society thereby having stronger families; stronger schools and stronger
communities. It also provides a real-life example of how the human
family can work together to create a better world. It is an opportunity
to have critical conversations about some of the challenges that
families around the world face. Many families are dealing with issues
like poverty, lack of health care, employment, and child rearing. And
today, we promote awareness and a better understanding of some of these
challenges. We also encourage young people from all around the world to
embrace gender equality in contemporary families in both their current
family and the one that they will build in future.
As the coordinating body of National Youth Councils, it is one of our
functions to work together as a family because we believe that family is
a vital foundation of an individual’s positive development that will
lead to the overall betterment of societies. We treat everyone equally
as we seek to create a more just world by empowering everyone,
especially young activists from around the globe through a combination
of cross-cultural human rights.
Together with this year International Day of Families, we recap our
encouragement to the youth to embrace the significance of family
especially its role in education and achievement of Sustainable
Development Goals.
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