Brussels, 12 May 2020 FAFCE welcomes the Exploratory opinion on “Demographic challenges in the EU in light of economic inequalities and development disparities” adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). This Opinion follows a request of...
This week, the final parts of the Children and Relationship Act 2015 have come into operation. This legislation has changed profoundly the legal arrangement of family relationships but in a way that downgrades the importance of the natural ties. Part 2 and 3, which...
In a recent article for The Atlantic, David Brooks claims “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake” (https://bit.ly/2Y9tste). He contends that the model of a married couple with 2.5 kids was an anomaly in the 1950s and 1960s, and that this nuclear family model is no...
The number of men and women marrying each other has fallen to its lowest level on record, official statistics show. A total of 235,910 such marriages were registered in England and Wales in 2017- a decrease of 2.8% compared with 2016. The number has fallen by 45%...
Doctors may no longer conduct surgery to alter the biological sex of children, the equalities minister in the UK has announced. Liz Truss will set out details of the plans later this summer that would ban under-18s with gender dysphoria from genital reconstructive...
