The Doha International Family Institute (DIFI), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, will hold a public seminar titled ‘Qatari Families: Strengths and Challenges’, at the Qatar National Convention Centre from tomorrow.
The seminar will discuss the findings of a study on Qatari families, as part of a larger DIFI research project on Arab Family Strengths in Qatar, Jordan, and Tunisia.
Noor al-Malki al-Jehani, executive director, DIFI, emphasised that families are the basic, foundational social units in every society, and that healthy individuals within healthy families are essential to the core of a healthy society.
“It’s the responsibility of society, and in everyone’s best interest, to help create a positive environment for all families. Therefore, the purpose of our research is to identify the factors that are associated with strong, Arab families, the challenges they face, and how they rely on their strengths as individuals, family units, members of communities, as well as the wisdom of their cultural and religious beliefs, to meet these many challenges,” said al-Jehani.
The two-day seminar will include the following four panel discussions: ‘Marital Relationships’, ‘Parenting’, ‘Culture’, and ‘Financial Aspects’.
On the first day, Dr Abdallah Badahdah, director, the Family Research Division, DIFI, and Dr John DeFrain, professor emeritus of family science in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, will present the research findings.
