Research Forum on Family Policy and PopulationCo-Sponsored by the NGO Committee on the Family and UPF
Professor Lynn Walsh, Diversity and Title IX Deputy Coordinator, and Lecturer in Family Counseling at HJI attended the annual UN Commission on Population Development (CPD).
During the annual CPD, the majority of the discussion is on reducing birthrates. And yet, the United Nations reports that two-thirds of people live in countries with a fertility rate below 2.1 births per woman. Population decline and ageing, which will likely impact all regions of the world at the mid-century mark, bring significant deleterious economic and social ramifications.
The NGO Committee on the Family, with UPF’s co-sponsorship, organized the Research Forum on Family Policy and Population to present member states with current research on demographics and pro-natal policies. This was held on May 1, 2024, and sponsored by the Mission of Hungary to the UN in New York. Read more…
