At the event entitled "The challenges of becoming a father" organised in cooperation with apamondta.hu, in addition to presenting research on fathers, Gyöngyi Porkoláb, János Lackfi, Áron Őze, Gergő Süveges and Imre Bedő talked about fatherhood prior to the premiere of the theater play "Looking for a bear" on the occasion of Father's Day.
In Hungary, mothers are recognized both by families and by the state. The majority of Hungarians celebrate Mother's Day, and the state supports mothers with a number of measures.
We presented the book of interviews entitled ’Fate shapers - Stories of successful Roma men’, published by KINCS, which provides an insight into the lives of twelve successful, purposeful and busy men. In the volume, along with Attila Sztojka, government commissioner for Roma relations; Misi Mező, singer; János Győző Balogh, Greek Catholic priest; Ferenc Kunhegyesi, painter; Oszkár Ökrös, deputy state secretary for international relations of the Ministry of Agriculture; András Farkas, opera singer; József Szénási, editor-reporter; Oszkár Nyári, actor-director, you can read an interview with Iván Sörös, head of the Children's Aid Department of the Ministry of Interior; footballer István Pisont, musician-dancer-choreographer Zsolt Farkas and István Antal, the editor of the volume.
We presented the publication "Demography and competitiveness in the European Union", which presents the correlation between demographic trends and competitiveness in 13 chapters.
We organized a one day long professional and family program in Kecskemét under the title Family Friendly Settlements Expo, where numerous family friendly towns and villages, professional and civil organizations dedicated to the cause of families participated. The event held at the Hírös Agóra Cultural and Youth Center was opened by the mayor of Kecskemét, who called families the most important cornerstones of life. Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki pointed out that their city has been cooperating with family organizations such as the National Association of Large Families (NOE), the Single Parents’ Centre and the Mária Kopp Institute (KINCS) for the past ten years and the cooperation agreement just signed further strengthens this alliance.
We held a conference entitled ’Women, brides, mothers - From plans to reality’ at the Hungarian National Museum, where we presented the film, ’Birthgap - Childless World’ by Stephen J. Shaw, followed by a presentation of the director and a round table discussion.
