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Report on the fiftieth session of the Commission for Social Development


Report on the fiftieth session of the Commission for Social Development

At its fiftieth regular session, held on 18 February 2011 and from 1 to 10 February 2012, which was the policy year of a biennial cycle, the Commission for Social Development considered the priority theme “Poverty eradication”, taking into account its interrelationship with social integration and full employment and decent work for all. The Commission also reviewed relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups, and the social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.

At the opening of the session, the Commission was addressed, inter alia, by the President of the Economic and Social Council, the Deputy Secretary-General and the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs. During its two-week session, the Commission convened two high-level panel discussions — one on the priority theme, and the other on the emerging issue of “Youth: poverty and unemployment” — and a special event on the theme “Financing of social development”.

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International Day of Families

Aishath Safana Athif, Republic of Maldives, Notable entry in the 2007 "We can end poverty" stamp competition
 
The 2012 observance of the International Day of Families, with a theme: "Ensuring work family balance” is organized by the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in cooperation with the New York NGO Committee on the Family. A panel discussion will take place on 15 May (1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.) in Conference room 6 (NLB) at UN Headquarters in New York. All are invited to attend.
 
The panel discussion will address the following issues:
 
 Trends impacting work-family balance, such as growing number of dual earner families, increasing women’s labour force participation, competition for jobs, anti-social working patterns
 
 Impact of work pressures on family life
 
 Benefits of work-family balance for adults and children
 
 Gender equality and fair distribution of family responsibilities
 
 The importance of quality childcare
 
 Family-oriented responses to ensure work-family balance 
 
 Types of policies and programmes 
 
 Examples of good practices
 
 Perspectives on the role of Governments, UN entities, civil society, private sector and academia in advocacy, design and implementation of work-family balance policies and programmes
 
 
 

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