Debord, Raymond

The National Union of Family Associations (UNAF): Resilience of a French exception - 2022.


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Created in 1945, l’Union nationale des associations familiales (UNAF) (National Union of Family Associations) has a statutory monopoly on representing the 18 million families living in France. This institution is unique in Europe, as France is the only EU country to have made the family a category for political action. Despite changing family models and declining government interest in the family, it has so far managed to maintain its status.