MoSDF launches pre-marriage counseling sessions
As a part of its training programmes the Ministry of Social Development and Family (MoSDF) has announced the launch of ‘First –Year-of- Marriage’ counseling sessions for youth who are engaged, newlywed couples or exploring the idea of marriage on Sunday.
The Ministry has been organising pre-marriage counseling within its national project ‘First –Year-of-Marriage’.
The courses will be held in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and with the participation of specialists in family counseling and marital relations.
The course will be presented by the family counselor Hamoud Al Anazi from June 8 to 12 at Qatar Youth Hostels.
The pre-marriage counseling for newlywed couples or those exploring the idea of marriage from 18 to 25 years will have five sessions of 9 training hours.
The course will cover a set of basic topics from social, psychological, legal, economic, and health aspects.
The cooperation between the (MoSDF) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports contributes to preparing and qualifying young people with a high degree of understanding and knowledge of the basics of healthy marital life.
At the same time, the Ministry is posting a set of awareness messages on its social networking sites targeting young men and women who intent to marry.
It aims to make them aware of the importance of attending marriage rehabilitation programmes, as well as highlighting the most important basics and skills that young men and women must take into consideration to lead a happy life and stable family from beginning of their marital life.
This project is being implemented with the support of the strategic partner for social development, the Social and Sport Contribution Fund, which is an important contribution to building safe and stable families and a cohesive society.
This, in turn, supports efforts to achieve Qatar National Vision 2030 through cooperation and coordination between concerned parties to implement purposeful activities, plans and programmes, to achieve common goals that bring growth and progress to the family and society.
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