20yearsIYF.org

The International Year of the Family + 20

The General Assembly of the United Nations, in its resolution 44/82 of December 8th 1989, proclaimed 1994 as The International Year of the Family (IYF) and the 10th anniversary of IYF was observed in 2004. The Vienna NGO Committee on the Family carried out a study with families-oriented [in whole or in part] Civil Society Organisations entitled: ‘Documenting Contributions of Civil Society Organisations to the Well-Being of Families’ to observe IYF+10 in 2004 and the results were posted on the Website www.10yearsIYF.org and in book form with the financial support of the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities, and submitted to members of the special session of the 59th General Assembly of the United Nations on Dec. 6th 2004, to officially observe the 10th anniversary of IYF.

Information about the study update

The Vienna NGO Committee on the Family committed itself to carry out an update of the original study to observe the 20th anniversary of IYF in 2014 at: www.20yearsIYF.org in cooperation with the Focal Point on the Family, Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations Secertariat. The empirical results of the study update are available below, as well as other relevant links connected to the study update.