Observance of the thirtieth anniversary of the International Year
of the Family in 2024
A/RES/79/150
megatrends, such as technological change, urbanization, migration, demographic
change and climate change and their impact on families and their well -being,
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General; 2
2.
Encourages Governments to continue their efforts to implement the
objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow -up processes and to
develop strategies and programmes aimed at strengthening national capacities to
address national priorities relating to family issues and to step up their efforts, in
collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to implement those objectives, in particular
in the areas of fighting poverty and hunger, to prevent the intergenerational transfer
and feminization of poverty and ensure the well-being of all at all ages in order to
achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
3.
Calls upon Member States to give due consideration to advancing familyfriendly and family-oriented policy development for the full benefit of future
generations;
4.
Calls upon Member States, United Nations entities, within their respective
mandates, and other relevant stakeholders, to offer support to family members,
including working parents, and provide access to full and productive employment and
decent work, as well as effective, inclusive, resilient and gender-responsive social
protection systems and public services, including accessible and affordable childcare,
expanded child and family benefits, paid parental leave and sick leave, improved
flexibility of working arrangements and investments in parenting education;
5.
Calls upon Member States, United Nations entities and relevant
stakeholders to promote the preparations for the observance of the thirtieth
anniversary of the International Year of the Family in 2024 at the national, regional
and international levels through practical initiatives, including family -oriented
policies and programmes responding to the needs of all families;
6.
Invites relevant stakeholders, as part of the preparations for the thirtieth
anniversary of the International Year of the Family, to support research and
awareness-raising activities at the national, regional and international levels on the
impact of technological, urbanization, migration, demographic and climate change
trends on families;
7.
Encourages Member States, as part of the preparations for the thirtieth
anniversary of the International Year of the Family, to integrate a family -oriented
approach into relevant policymaking;
8.
Invites Member States and relevant stakeholders, as part of the
preparations for the thirtieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family,
within the area of technological change and its impact on families, to bridge the digital
divide, including between developed and developing countries, as well as the gender
digital divide, to enable equal access to risk-informed information, knowledge and
communications, by taking concrete measures to promote equal access for all to
digital training, capacity-building, through equal access to information and
communications technologies, mobile devices and the Internet, so as to promote their
empowerment and digital literacy, and to improve access to the Internet, higher-speed
Internet and digital devices for families, especially those in vulnerable situations,
invest in the digital literacy skills of all family members, invest in parenting
education, including through the use of technology, as a valuable preventive strategy
against cyberbullying and violence against children in digital contexts and for
reducing child neglect, and support the healthy development of children, as part of
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