Our Work In Pictures

Audience

Around 60 people attended the launch of 'Every Family Matters'. They were a mix of media, professionals and those interested in the work of the CSJ as a whole.

Panel

The panel (from left to right): Philippa Stroud, Executive Director of the CSJ, Dr Hussan Hammoud, Director of Family Research at the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development, Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, CSJ Chairman, and David Hodson, English family law solicitor, mediator, family arbitrator, Australian solicitor and mediator, and practices at The International Family Law Group, Covent Garden, London.

Dr Hussan Hammoud

Dr Hussan, Director of Family Research Division at the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and development. The Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development (DIFSD) conducts research and promotes scholarship on the legal, sociological, and scientific basis of the natural family as the fundamental unit of society. Dr Hussan spoke on the work of the Doha Institute and why they both believe in and why the sponsored this report. He looked at some of the key factors in family breakdown and what we can do to reverse it today

Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP

Iain Duncan Smith, CSJ Chairman, describes the essential timing of the report explaining, "family breakdown fuels Britain’s social breakdown - breakdown which destabilises society and is becoming more entrenched everyday."

Media

Media coverage from the event can be found on this website under 'In the News' 2009 page.

Philippa Stroud

Philippa Stroud, Executive Director of the CSJ, spoke to the audience on how this work fits in and plays an important part in the rest of the policy recommendations from the Centre for Social Justice.

Dr David Hodson

Dr David Hodson, Chair of the CSJ Family Law Review, provided a detailed presentation of his Working Group's report and the policies that it recommended. David has extensive experience in this field as a family law solicitor, mediator and family arbitrator also spoke of his professional experience and what changes must be made to reverse the trend of family breakdown in this country.

Q&A

Iain Duncan Smith chairs questions put to the panel.

Sponsors

Dr Hussan, Director of Family Research Division at the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development. With thanks to the Doha Institute who sponsored the publication of the report.

Cara Walker and Dr Hussan Hammoud

Cara Walker, Fundraiser and Profile Manager for the CSJ, with Dr Hussan Hammoud, Director of Family Research Division at the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development. The Doha Institute privately sponsored the 'Every Family Matters' report.

Family Law Review Working Group with Baroness Morris

(From left to right) Baroness Morris, former Shadow Minister for Education, Children, Families & Women, Professor Brenda Almond, Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy at the University of Hull, Dr David Hodson, Chair of the Family Law Review Working Group, Dr Hussan Hammoud, the Doha Institute, Dr Samantha Callan, Family and Society Policy Specialist in the Conservative Policy Unit, Helen Grant, qualified as a solicitor in 1988 and since 1996 has been the Senior Partner of Grants Solicitors LLP, Rebecca Bensted, MA in Law from St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. Philippa Taylor, worked as an independent consultant on family and bioethics issues for 15 years, predominantly for the charity CARE, Rachel Gillman, been a practising barrister since 1988, specialising in all aspects of family law, Sheela Mackintosh is a family lawyer and matrimonial consultant and now runs the Divorce & Family Law Information Service.