Ministerial Conference Conference of European Ministers responsible for Family Affairs
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"Public policies supporting the wish to have children: societal, economic and personal factors"
Why many Europeans have fewer children than they actually want: Societal and economic factors There is evidence to show that many people in Europe who wish to have children are postponing, limiting or failing to fulfil this wish. What are the societal, economic or other reasons for this gap between the desired and the actual number of children and which factors can and should be addressed by public policy? Family-friendly policies: measures for an optimal framework There is a great variety of policy instruments aiming at improving the situation of families such as family benefits, measures to reconcile professional and family life or the creation of a child-friendly environment. What are good practises and innovative policy measures that create an optimal framework for people who wish to have children? The unfulfilled wish to have children: personal factors and children's best interests How can family policy address the social and psychological
aspects of involuntary childlessness? And how can the best interest
of the child be ensured when people wish to resort to adoption to
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