Happy International Day of Families 2020: Significance and History

International Day of Families is celebrated on May 15, every year, since 1994. International Family Day 2020 will be celebrated on a Friday. The aim of International Families Day is to spread awareness about the benefits of the family systems to the masses. It is also observed to celebrate the importance of societies and cultures around the world. The theme for International Families day 2020 is Families in Development.As the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a real opportunity to rethink and transform the way we foster greater equality through efforts in bettering the economic and social conditions the world over. Healthy familial bonds are some of the greatest boons that parents and elders in the family can pass on their children and family youngsters.

In the year 1993, the United Nations passed a resolution to encourage improved living standards and social progress of families in the world. The day was declared as the International Day of Families the following year in order to cater to the changing socio-economic structures affecting the stability of families in different parts of the world. As the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a real opportunity to rethink and transform the way we foster greater equality through efforts in bettering the economic and social conditions the world over. Healthy familial bonds are some of the greatest boons that parents and elders in the family can pass on their children and family youngsters.