Cuba's new Family Code is the result of a participatory process that produced 20 drafts following nearly 80,000 neighbourhood meetings and almost 500,000 public proposals.

The new Family Code took shape through a participatory process that involved 6,481,200 people, or around 75% of the Cuban electorate. Over 20 new drafts of the law were produced following nearly 80,000 neighbourhood meetings and almost 500,000 public proposals.