| Item type |
Newsletter |
| Subjects |
300 Social sciences > 305 Social groups |
| Division/Agency |
LPPKN - National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia: Population and Family Research Division |
| Keywords |
Family, Family policies, National family policy, Programmes, Family impact assessment (FIA) |
| Additional Information |
Excerpts from Malaysia Presentation at the Inclusive and Resilient Cities for Sustainable Families, 31st October 2018, New York. |
| Abstract |
With an ever increasing proportion of elder population, today’s family are being pressured to provide multi generation family support, known as “sandwich family”. Hence, Malaysia has introduced a National Family Policy with a comprehensive set of plan of action for the year 2010 until 2020, a complement to the family well-being index. Next, community based intervention program called Family and Community Empowerment Program (FACE) and Family Impact Assessment (FIA) where an evaluation on the impact of family-related policies and program will be accessed. |
