Sheikha Moza highlights challenges facing families

Four key megatrends: Demographic change, migration and urbanisation, technological change and climate change impacting families. Doha, Qatar:H H S...

‘Four key megatrends: Demographic change, migration and urbanisation, technological change and climate change impacting families.’

Doha, Qatar: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, yesterday opened the 30th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family Conference on Family and Contemporary Megatrends, highlighting the challenges facing contemporary families.

The challenges and opportunities facing families and societies in the modern era are being discussed at the event organised by Qatar Foundation’s Doha International Family Institute (DIFI) over two days at the Qatar National Convention Centre. 

It emphasises the critical role of family policies from a global perspective and its impact on the megatrends.

The event brings together experts, policymakers, and thought leaders from around the world, including President of the Republic of Kosovo H E Dr. Vjosa Osmani Sadriu; President of Zanzibar H E Dr. Hussein Mwinyi; Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group H E Amina J Mohammed; First Lady of Guyana H E Arya Ali; First Lady of Iraq H E Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed; Wife of the Prime Minister of Malta H E Dr. Lydia Abela; First Lady of the Republic of Rwanda H E Jeannette Kagame and several others.