Guest Author - Sandy Mullins

On May 15 the twelfth anniversary of the International Day of Families will be commemorated all over the world. This is another one of the United Nations observances that started twelve years ago with the signing of resolution 47/237 by the Untied Nations General Assembly on September 20, 1993. It is to promote awareness of issues relating to families and to promote appropriate actions. This year’s theme is “Changing Families: Challenges and Opportunities.”

Past year’s themes:
2005: HIV/AIDS and the Family Well-being
2004: The Tenth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family: A Framework for Action
2003: Preparations for the observation of the Tenth Year of the Family in 2004
2002: Families and Ageing: Opportunities and Challenges
2001: Families and Volunteers: Building Social Cohesion
2000: Families: Agents and Beneficiaries of Development
1999: Families for all ages
1998: Families: Educators and Providers of Human Rights
1997: Building Families Based on Partnership
1996: Families: First Victims of Poverty and Homelessness


For more information of this years observance or past years themes please go to the following offsite link:


International Day of Fmailies (offsite link)