What children look for in their parents: Concept and applications of positive parenting
Most men become parents at some point in their lives, but most of them will have to overcome different challenges raising their children across all developmental stages. The consequences of how they do it will affect the whole society. That is why it is so important...
UN Expert Group Meeting: Families in Development
IFFD has participated in the Expert Group Meeting on “Families in Development: Focus on Modalities for IYF+30, Parenting Education and the Impact of COVID-19”organized by the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and...
Learning from the present, looking to the future: Why children will be the main victims of the pandemic
During times of great damage, children are most likely to endure harmful consequences on a wide range of aspects: health development – both physical and mental –, social integration and so on. Researchers from the Research on Improving Systems of Education program...
On site Personal Project Session in Bilbao
Yesterday Personal Project held a sesión in Bilbao, Spain, which was moderated by a married couple. This was never done before and the experience was a complete success. The decision of making it on site has been taken due to the demand made by the Young professionals...
IFFD’s Transformation project: into innovation
During the month of June Family Enrichment partook in several online meetings with the objective of communicating the new transformation project IFFD is making. On the 6th a two hours meeting took place with all the Steering Committees and moderators from Canada. On...
Global Day of Parents
Emphasizing the critical role of parents in the rearing of children, the Global Day of Parents recognizes every year on the 1st June that the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of children....
Lessons from one of the ‘hardest hit’: Facing a pandemic in a country with 38 million informal workers
Though the country is still struggling with the health crisis, cases and deaths kept rising by midMay, while the families are once more getting most of the burden and the social effects of the situations are challenging Brazilian society. (Click on the link below to...
Communication during a pandemic: IFFD’s solutions to onsite planned meetings
IFFD is reinventing it’s communication method. Covid’s pandemic has delivered new changes in the way human interaction is held, specially on those that usually require onsite presence. On this account, the online platforms such as Zoom, Slack, Skype and others have...
United Nations’ Day of Families: Impact of Covid-19 and its Aftermath on Families and Social Integration
As United Nations Headquarters in New York remain closed for the month of May due to COVID-19 pandemic, the annual observance of the #DayofFamilies was conducted online on Friday, 15 May. IFFD participated with a presentation on the ‘Impact of Covid-19 and its...
