The celebration of the Gulf Family Day aims to enhance family and social awareness and cohesion, strengthen social and communication skills among family members, stimulate teamwork among them, revive and preserve authentic family values, and emphasize the rights of the family and enhance its position as a social institution as the first building block in the entity of society.

International Day of the Deaf aims to raise awareness and introduce deaf culture and sign language.

October 2 of each year has been designated as a special day to celebrate this occasion to promote knowledge and clarify the dangers and effects of violence on the individual and society, to achieve a safer and more peaceful society.

The Fourth Gulf Family Policy Forum was organized on August 28 and 29, within the framework of cooperation and coordination between the Doha International Family Institute and the Executive Office of the Council of Ministers of Social Affairs in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The forum is being held this year in its fourth consecutive edition in Doha, Qatar. The general objective of the forum is to discuss the sustainability of family institutions in the GCC countries and the challenges that have arisen in the family structure.

International Day of Older Persons is celebrated to raise awareness of the problems facing older people, such as aging and elder abuse. It is also a day to celebrate the achievements of older people in society.

“Social Development” organizes a group of workshops on the occasion of World Mental Health Day.

The awareness campaign for the International Year of the Family entitled (The Family is a National Treasure) organized by the Ministry of Social Development and Family, represented by the Family Development Department, in conjunction with the return to school, which includes several activities aimed at enhancing the value of family cohesion and compassion, as part of the “Promoting Values” initiative.

World Mental Health Day is celebrated each year on 10 October to raise public awareness of mental health issues. The purpose of this day is to encourage more open discussions about mental illness and to invest in both services and prevention.

These events will be held under the patronage of Her Excellency Mrs. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al-Misnad, Minister of Social Development and Family, coinciding with World Social Responsibility Day, and aim to motivate the government and private sectors and non-profit sector organizations in the State of Qatar to interact positively with responsible practices in business environments in support of the efforts to develop communities and their institutions.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated on December 3 every year. It is a global day dedicated by the United Nations since 1992 to support people with disabilities. This day aims to increase understanding of disability issues and support designs that are friendly to all in order to ensure the rights of people with disabilities. This day also calls for increasing awareness in the inclusion of people with disabilities in political, economic and cultural life.