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Family policies are defined as those policies that increase resources of households with dependent children; foster child development; reduce barriers to having children and combining work and family commitments; and, promote gender equity in employment opportunities.
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19-Oct-2011
The Family database (www.oecd.org/social/family/database) now includes 60 indicators with cross-national information on family outcomes and policies as categorised under 4 broad headings: the structure of families, families and children, the labour market position of families, public policies for families and children, and child outcomes. If you would like to be informed when the database is updated regularly, please click here.
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Society : Safeguard social support for poorest families, says OECD’s Gurría
27-Apr-2011
Poverty in households with children is rising in nearly all OECD countries. Governments should ensure that family support policies protect the most vulnerable, according to the OECD’s first-ever report on family well-being.
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07-Jun-2011
The Interim Report on the Gender Initiative: Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship was presented at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the OECD Council at the Ministerial Level in May 2011.
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from 02-May-2011 to 03-May-2011
Ministers discussed the following issues: Social policies for the recovery, Doing Better for Families and Future of intergenerational solidarity. Prior to the social ministerial meeting, a Policy Forum on Tackling Inequality was held on the morning of 2 May 2011 to discuss the trend of high and increasing income inequality in many OECD countries and emerging economies and the way forward to a better sharing of the benefits of globalisation.
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30-Jul-2010
France 24 TV programme including an interview with Willem Adema, Senior Economist, OECD Social Policy Division.
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04-Mar-2010
This gender brief gives a detailed overview of gender differences in OECD countries on main employment and social issues: women in OECD countries earn 18% less than men, only about one-third of managerial posts are held by a woman, many more women work in part-time jobs than men...
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28-Oct-2009
For the first time, the OECD has collected comprehensive data on the education levels and labour market outcomes of the native-born offspring of immigrants (the so-called “second generation”), compared with the offspring of natives in 16 OECD countries. The data are presented and analysed in a study that was prepared for a joint seminar of the European Commission and the OECD (1 and 2 October 2009, Brussels) and has been published today on the OECD’s website.
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01-Sep-2009
Governments should invest more money on children in the first six years of their lives to reduce social inequality and help all children, especially the most vulnerable, have happier lives, according to the OECD.
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25-Jun-2009
A Child Well-being Expert Consultation took place at OECD in Paris at the end of May 2009. The purpose of the child well-being consultation was to develop a shared understanding of a set of data that countries should monitor in order to inform policies for children’s well-being - see www.oecd.org/els/social/childwellbeing.
Also on Tuesday 1st September 2009, the OECD will release a new publication on child well-being indicators. If you would like to be informed when the publication is released and/or when the child wellbeing consultation webpage is updated and extended, please click here.
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