Princess Mashael bint Muqrin will sponsor a series of forums for women entitled “Toward a safer family,” organized by the Al-Mawaddah Society for Social Reform in Jeddah in cooperation with the Social Responsibility Department at the Dallah Group.

Anas Zar’ah, the society’s chairman, thanked the princess for her sponsorship of the series of the talks, which aim at disseminating family cultural values based on sound relations.

He said that the society aims at educating families about factors that enhance the stability of the household, strengthen family solidarity and cohesion and protect family members from the adverse effects of growing social and living problems. “We called the series “Toward a Safer Family” because we want to drive home educational and social messages, as well as give special family advice that would strengthen marital bonds,” he said.

“Last year, we presented a series entitled ‘A stable family makes me happy,’ through which we were able to educate 3,521 women from various Jeddah neighborhoods. We want to bring down the rate of divorce in our society,” he said.

He explained that alarming divorce rates across various communities make it very important to study its causes and seek efficient solutions to the problem. “We believe that the spreading of familial culture is the first step and most efficient solution for combating this phenomenon before it becomes unmanageable,” he said.

He invited women to attend these events and benefit from the society’s activities. “We conduct various activities and we have many programs that concern family relationships, including family counseling in person and on the phone, and we hold training sessions for young men and women to better equip them for family and married life. We also train women on how to be better wives and mothers.

We issue educational pamphlets and booklets that contain useful information and we hold public lectures about married life, family stability and cohesion,” he said.

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