26-06-2021

Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Welfare and Social Rehabilitation at the Ministry of Labour, and Director of NGOs Support, Ms. Najwa Abdullatif Janahi, confirmed that the Ministry’s family guidance offices examined 1,153 family and individual cases during the first quarter of this year, addressing family, marital, educational, and personal issues. This comes within the framework of the Ministry’s efforts to achieve the highest levels of mental health and family stability, and to reduce the incidence of such problems by relying on preventive, therapeutic, and developmental approaches. Janahi stated that the family guidance offices at the Ministry’s social centres in all governorates of the Kingdom of Bahrain aim to promote and disseminate a family-oriented culture within society through various programmes that include developmental, preventive, and awareness lectures. These initiatives are designed to provide families and individuals with effective, positive skills, enabling them to achieve stability and contentment, thereby preserving the family and community. Janahi pointed out that the family guidance offices did not record any cases related to social or professional issues during the cited study period. She noted that the offices offered numerous guidance services to target groups, including individual and group counselling, guidance, and rehabilitation sessions. A total of 635 men and 518 women benefitted from these services. Seven virtual development and preventive guidance programmes were also delivered using modern technologies, benefitting 644 individuals. She explained that April recorded the highest number of beneficiaries (471 cases). The implementation of visitation and judicial rulings regarding visits for divorced or separated families under the family care programme resumed at the end of March at the Ibn Khaldoun Centre, Al-Riffa, and the Hamad Town Community Centre, with an average of 404 families in attendance. Ms. Najwa Abdul Latif Janahi confirmed that family guidance offices provide the courts with reports prepared on psychological aspects, which are the result of providing family guidance to the category of children of divorced people or those about to divorce and their children, in order to help resolve disputes and disagreements between them, and to overcome their family, marital and educational problems, as the number of reports submitted to the courts reached ( 9 ) reports during the year 2021.