‘Vulnerability and the future of families with children in Europe’ was the title of the presentation of the results of the European Union 7th Framework Project ‘FamiliesAndSocieties’, held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on February 1. The event was organized by IFFD, in partnership with the United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development, the Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU), Vienna Institute of Demography / Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC).