The General Secretariat of the Arab Women in Maritime Association organized a seminar on Saturday 07/11/2020 titled “Mental Health & well-being for women working in maritime sector” through Zoom Application, in accordance with social distancing rules taken in frame of fighting COVID-19 Pandemic.

Monday, 09 November 2020

The General Secretariat of the Arab Women in Maritime Association organized a seminar on Saturday 07/11/2020 titled “Mental Health & well-being for women working in maritime sector” through Zoom Application, in accordance with social distancing rules taken in frame of fighting COVID-19 Pandemic.

The General Secretariat Director stated that the Association executes an integrated plan for awareness and prevention from Corona Virus, confirming on necessity to confront this disease, given that it is rapid spread, with importance of practical application of social distancing rules and means of prevention therefrom…

The Mental Health & well-being for women working in maritime sector seminar is convened with presence of a group of women working in the Arab maritime sector and with presence of the H.E. Engineer / Hessa Bent Ahmed Al Malek – the CEO of Maritime Transport Sector in the Federal Transport Authority - Land & Maritime in the United Arab Emirates and the AWIMA President through Zoom Application. The relative information was shared through a valuable lecture from Prof. Dr. Riham Abousena, Doctorate in Philosophy, Psychology Section, Master Degree in Psychological Health and Diploma in Psychological Guidance.

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and Prof. Riham Abdelsalam, certified life coach from ICF and coach in neuro-linguistic programming.

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Names of books proposed to be read for getting benefit

-          How to stop worrying and start living by Dale Carnegie

-          Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl

-          Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) by Russ Harries

 

The seminar was praised by the attendees. The Association director Ms. Shireene Galal confirmed on necessity to repeat these seminars and necessity to address several topics in the near future.

The seminar link for download:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aTxBo3BuJgeeyrJOm5ih7gbCaezF9Kwa/view?usp=sharing