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COFACE speaks at international UNFPA event “Inclusive Family Policies for a Better Future”

Bettina Admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:28:02 +0000

In September, COFACE Families Europe, represented by its President Annemie Drieksens, had the privilege to participate in a conference on inclusive families policies organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Istanbul, Turkey.

The conference brought together representatives from governments, the private sector, and civil society organisations from across Eastern Europe and Central Asia to discuss the importance of “Inclusive family policies for a better future”.

Vice-president of the European Commission Dubrovska Suica was invited by UNFPA Director Florence Bauer to set the scene and inform the audience about the EU policies and especially about the European Care Strategy.

It was an important opportunity for COFACE President Annemie Drieskens to participate in this panel to share the work of COFACE Families Europe and the need to put families at the center of policymaking. She referred to the joint Family Teamwork campaign of COFACE and UNFPA, focusing on sharing the care at home in the family, as a way to help close the gender care gap, gender pay, and pension gaps.

“It is clear that families all over the world are in the same storm but they are not in the same boat More than ever there is an urgent need for well-designed inclusive and gender-responsive family policies to guarantee the wellbeing of all families of today. “

This event in Istanbul was an important opportunity to build bridges with Eastern European countries beyond borders and learn more about the ongoing complex reforms and the improved family policies and practices in Albania, Georgie, Moldova, and Kosovo.

We look forward to further deepening exchanges to continue our common efforts and join forces to capitalise on changes and turn common challenges into Opportunities.

More here.

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#FamilyTeamWork – Join the movement and get the conversation started in your family about the equal sharing of caring and household tasks

Bettina Admin — Mon, 02 May 2022 17:28:01 +0000

To mark International Day of Families 2022, COFACE Families Europe launches #FamilyTeamWork, a joint campaign with Men Engage Eastern Europe & Central Asia, a UNFPA-led platform.

Did you know that in the EU, on average almost all employed women (94 %) are involved in at least one unpaid care work activity at least several times a week, compared with 70 % of employed men? The most unequally shared tasks remain housework tasks, with 93 % of women and 53 % of men regularly undertaking such work. 

Because behind these statistics, hide more dire realities: parental burnout, gender pay gap, pension gap, harmful stereotypes, and their transmission to the next generation. And COFACE Families Europe has been pushing for these realities to be recognised and addressed in policy-making for decades. But on the International Day of Families 2022, COFACE Families Europe wants to trigger the change at the societal level by addressing the main protagonists of the change: family members!

   “The #FamilyTeamWork campaign invite all families to take a fresh look at the day-to-day running of their household and to come to a new agreement about fair sharing of the tasks for the benefit of all its members! Try our Bingo cards and household planner: start the conversation today & enjoy the long-lasting benefits for the whole family”

Annemie Drieskens, President of COFACE Families Europe

No matter the make-up of a family, a family is a team. Each person plays a unique role in the structure and function of their family, and each individual’s strengths and personality contribute to the family’s well-being. This is why we propose on the occasion of the International Day of Families 2022 a series of engaging and fun resources to bring the care and gender equality discussion directly within your families. The key conversation starters we have developed are Bingo cards and the principle is simple: through the playful use of these cards, we call on family members to reflect on how they share tasks and chores within their households and write down the new version of their #FamilyTeamWork in our Task planners. 

With this campaign, COFACE and MenEngage Eastern Europe & Central Asia call on parents and children, grandparents, and all societal stakeholders, to start a conversation about sharing care and household tasks, and team up against stereotypical roles within families. 

Let’s talk and implement a more equal distribution of unpaid work with the notion that a family is a team and should aim to work together for the sake of every member’s time and wellbeing.

BINGO CARDS

These bingo cards are the fun resources you and your family can use to get that important conversation started.

We encourage all families to reflect on how to share tasks and care work, one bingo card at a time.

It’s time to team up against stereotypical gender roles.

Download all bingo cards here.

TASK PLANNERS

We know that there is no fixed way of organizing things at home but a certain strategy is needed as well as good planning. This is why we have created different planners to fit different family structures with the aim to make these organisational tools work the way your family does!

You can use these planners to help implement fair sharing of care and household tasks and facilitate the decision-making process.

Download the planners here.

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Family as a team: setting goals and dealing with problems together

Teamwork can definitely help make your parenting & caring journey smoother and boost relationships with your children and among all members of the family. To make your family work as a team, it is good to have common objectives and goals that can motivate and engage different individuals.

In the Skills4Parents Learning Guide for parents, you will find learning packages to boost parenting skills in five areas: Communication, Empowerment, Meditation, Problem-Solving, and Digital. All of them provide important skills for teamwork and concrete tips to improve well being of every member of the family in an empowering way.

The guide was developed through the expertise of 6 organisations (through an Erasmus+ project) and is founded on values of human rights, non-discrimination, social inclusion, gender equality, intergenerational solidarity, and empowerment of all families and address to parents, grandparents, and to great extent children who are actively participating through fun activities and resources. The guide adopts a self-learning approach, allowing all learning parents; or everyone wanting to brush up on these skills, to choose the content (tips, case studies, exercises) that they need to tackle the parenting challenges they are encountering at their own pace.

Skills4Parents – Learning Guide for Parents

The Skills4Parents Learning Guide for Parents provides plenty of material for self-learning of parents in five areas: Communication, Empowerment, Mediation, Problem solving and Digital.

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94% of employed women in the European Union are in charge of the care tasks of their families.

Ensuring that men and women share responsibilities in the household equally requires real, sustainable change – from the attitudes and behaviors of individuals all the way to our policies and institutions. In Eastern Europe specifically and Central Asia more globally, women spend 3 hours more per day on unpaid care work than men. Add paid work into the mix and many women are essentially pulling a “double shift” every day.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the load of unpaid care work shot up dramatically and it is mothers, and women in general, who are picking up the slack. It’s time to set an example and create change by sharing domestic work and duties in a balanced and fair way in order to create a more stress-free and positive family environment

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Skills4Parents – Learning Guide for Parents

Admin - Elizabeth — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:48:15 +0000

Empowering families through the development of
positive parenting skills

Learning Guide for Parents

The Learning Guide

Funded by the Erasmus+ programme, developed through the expertise of 6 organisations and founded on values of human rights, non-discrimination, social inclusion, gender equality, intergenerational solidarity and empowerment of all families, the Skills4Parents Learning Guide for Parents provides plenty of material for self-learning of parents in five areas: Communication, Empowerment, Mediation, Problem solving and Digital. The guide adopts a self-learning approach, allowing all learning parents to choose the content that they need to tackle the parenting challenges they are encountering at their own pace. Now it is up to you to make your own programme and take the best that Skills4Parents can offer you! We wish you a pleasant learning journey through our guide.

The guide is available in English and French.

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Background

The five learning packages present in the Learning Guide have been selected following a careful selection process. First, the six organisations have built on their experience working with parents and professionals, and on a thorough literature review to preselect a set of skills. This list was then put through a “reality test” as all partners organised focus group sessions to test the skill sets in five countries. This resulted in the creation of a cross-European focus group with different profiles of parents and educators. The learning parents participating in the focus groups came from various backgrounds and each of them face different challenges in their everyday lives. From divorced and single parents, migrant parents, special needs parents with hearing or visual impairments to parents from big cities, suburban areas to rural. The groups were gender-balanced and were representing diverse family forms and geographical origins. For more information about the selection of the learning packages, you can check our report.

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#FamilyTeamwork Archives | COFACE Families Europe

COFACE speaks at international UNFPA event “Inclusive Family Policies for a Better Future”

#FamilyTeamWork – Join the movement and get the conversation started in your family about the equal sharing of caring and household tasks

To mark International Day of Families 2022, COFACE Families Europe launches #FamilyTeamWork, a joint campaign with Men Engage Eastern Europe & Central Asia, a UNFPA-led platform.

Annemie Drieskens, President of COFACE Families Europe

BINGO CARDS

Download all bingo cards here.

TASK PLANNERS

Download the planners here.

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Family as a team: setting goals and dealing with problems together

Skills4Parents – Learning Guide for Parents

94% of employed women in the European Union are in charge of the care tasks of their families.

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Skills4Parents – Learning Guide for Parents

Empowering families through the development of positive parenting skills

Learning Guide for Parents

Empowering families through the development of
positive parenting skills