DOHA: Doha International Family Institute (DIFI) is organising an international conference on families and their role in development, under the patronage of H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation.
The conference will take place in April at Qatar National Convention Centre under the theme ‘Empowering Families, a pathway to development’.
It aims at highlighting contributions of families to the achievement of development goals.
The ‘Doha Conference’ will focus on the themes of confronting family poverty and social exclusion, ensuring work-family balance and advancing social integration and inter-generational solidarity.
It will also discuss the role of family policies in the post-2015 development agenda.
The conference is expected to focus on the need for family-oriented policy frameworks to respond to the needs of families in different parts of the world, especially in terms of the impact of economic and financial crises.
The conference will bring together policymakers, NGOs, experts, academics, and key stakeholders to discuss how families can be empowered, revisit challenges faced by families worldwide and highlight the role of effective national family policies in promoting family well-being.
Noor Al Malki Al Jehani, Executive Director, DIFI, said, “The main objective behind the conference is focusing the world’s attention on the mounting evidence that links empowering families and the achievement of development goals.
“It will explore how families can be strengthened and supported to fulfil their functions and will call on governments to take action at the national level to improve the welfare of families and integrate a family policy into national policymaking.”
The Peninsula
