Programs and Projects

Strategic planning:
1. National Strategy for the advancement Women Progression in the State of Qatar.
2. National Strategy for Childhood.
3- National Strategy for the Elderly.
4- National Strategy for People with Special needs.
5. National Strategy for the evaluation of the services for people with Special Needs.

Legislations:
1. Law of the people with Special Needs and its executive bylaws.
2. Review of the Personal Status Law.
3. Review of the Penal Code.
4. Review of the Housing Law.
5. Review of the Social Security Law.
6. Review of the Retirement & Pension Law.
7. Review of the Criminal Procedure Code.
8. Review of the Civil Service Law & its Executive bylaws.

Initiatives:
The Council launched a number of initiatives which were implemented in cooperation with the government agencies and ministries:
1. His Highness the Heir Apparent Award for Youth.
2. The State of Qatar Award for Child's literature.
3. The Early Childhood & Special Education Diploma.
4. Public Kindergarten.
5. Women Sports.
6. Green Qatar.

Studies and Reports:
1. A Study on the Nationalization of Labor in Private & Mixed Sectors.
2. A Field Study on the conditions of the elderly in the State of Qatar.
3. A Study on Society Development Centers.
4. The National report on the implementation Beijing' platform for action special session for the UN General Assembly.    

Information and Statistics:
1. The first Phase of establishing the Family Database.
2. Man & Woman in the State of Qatar "A Statistical Report ". 

Promoting the Role of Civic Society Institutions:
1)  Promoting the role of the existing institutions through the Coordination Committee between Private Societies and Institutions.
2) Founding and establishing institutions concerned with family affairs, such as:
          > Al-Shaffallah Center for Children with Special Needs.
          > The Qatari Orphan Foundation.
          > The Family Consultation Center.
          > The Cultural Center for Motherhood & Childhood.
          > The Qatari Foundation for the Protection of Children and 

             women
          > The Qatari Foundation for the Elderly.

Education and Awareness:
1. A Campaign for the Early Detection of Cancer in Women.
2. “Yes Campaign” for Children.
3. “Read Campaign”.
4. The Parental Involvement in Education.
5. A Campaign against Child Obesity.
6. A Campaign for the Risks of Road Accidents.
7. People with Special Needs Academic Inclusion in Public Schools.
8. Publication of traditional story books for Children.
9. Legal Awareness for women.

Training and Capacity Building:
1. Election Campaign Management Skills.  
2. Orientation program for experts working in the Strategy for the Elderly. 
3. Gender Training.

Conferences, Celebrations & Symposiums:
1. Gulf Media Forum on Television & Child's Rights. 2002
2. Symposium on Woman and Politics. 2002
3. Arabic Family Strategy Conference. 2003
4. The Third Gulf Forum on Disability.2003
5. The Third Arabic forum on Elderly Affairs. 2004
6. The First Gulf Cultural forum on Special Needs. 2004
7- Doha International Conference for Family (2004).
8- Gulf Youth Meeting on their role in the future of the Democratic movement in Gulf (2005).
9- Doha international conference on Ageing in View of Present- Day Changes (2005)