Aawatif Hayar, the Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family, announced on Friday the launch, throughout the territory of the kingdom, of 120 “Jisr” centers dedicated to the training of future newlyweds in family management and the social education of children. Speaking at a conference organized by his department as part of the 29th edition of the International Publishing and Book Fair, Hayar declared that the objective of the Jisr program is “to avoid the school dropout of children in street situations” and that “working on the family will make it possible to reduce these social phenomena and improve the situation of families”. The minister insisted on the occasion on “the importance of the Jisr government program for the family, in the development of an integrated social policy, as part of the royal social protection project”, adding that “investment in the family is a thousand percent winning investment, in future generations, in social stability, in the well-being of society and in sustainable development”.
As part of this program, child protection centers, as well as care centers women victims of violence, and the elderly, will be installed in all regions and provinces of the kingdom in order to strengthen “parental education” and allow family members “to train in conflict management in a healthy way in order to reduce violence and the phenomenon of divorce”. The “Jisr” program also includes the generalization of crèches to facilitate the working conditions of mothers and fathers, affirmed the official, stressing that “investment in the family is essential to strengthen its resilience through the implementation of social services as part of the royal social protection project, via institutions under the ministry, namely National Assistance, the Social Development Agency and the National Institute of Social Action”.
