Balancing the Responsibilities of Family and Work
(1998, No. 5)

that in recognition that people are a country’s major resource and that to develop this resource effectively strong family structures are required, national federations and associations should intensify their efforts to lobby the business community and their respective governments to value the status and role of parenting by:

1. promoting the importance of ongoing educational opportunities for employment, voluntary work, leisure and family living including conflict resolution;
2. encouraging employers to make adequate provision for the recognition of the family responsibilities of their employees;
3. recognizing and funding the work carried out by community-based services which support parents, children, young people and the elderly.