CCMW hosts a session for Engaging
On March 4, the Canadian Council for Muslim Women or CCMW-Vancouver Chapter hosted a brainstorming session in which they invite community as well as media at MOSAIC office at Boundary road Vancouver. The attendance was low due to bad weather but the Miracle Media and Al Almeen were participated. Dr. Amber Fatima Riaz was the facilitator of this workshop on behalf of ia Afsar. CCMW) The purpose of this session was to run a workshop entitled “Engaging Men and Boys to End Violence in the Family” but before that they would like to hear ideas and suggestions from community members and media for this workshop. Many female members shared their experiences and ideas, Mr. ia and Mr. Jafar Bhamji from AL- Ameen also spooked about violence in community and given many suggestions. At the end 0U 3LU DGD from 0LUDFOH 0HGLD shared a detail experience of his journalism. He said our beloved Prophet Mohammad(SAW) teachings about the respect of daughters wives and all women through HIS practice is the best example for all mankind. He said that As a Miracle editor in-Chief in my 17 years history I receive at least one story every month, mostly via phone, about domestic violence, physical abuse in their marriages, in Muslim and non-Muslim families, often times it “Frustration” which cause the violation. ( He shared some of tose in short stories) •How this happens? This is the point.
As you know in some underdeveloped countries from where the most of the immigrants come from in Canada, they have their basic needs problems, like Electricity, Gas, unemployment, law and order etc. The immigrants who faced these types of problems with having master degree or highly technical skills, when they do not get the proper jobs in theirs fields and most of the husbands and wives do the different odd jobs in grave yard shifts, and some on them meet only on the weekend.
How more problems create
•Most important is, their children, when they are ignored by their parents and watch them in daily behavior with each other which started from verbal abuse and moving on to physical abuse by their childhood, then they find the other outlets at the age of 13-18, and some of those boys join the group of bad society and then start violence in their mind just to relax their mental frustration. •Not all immigrant tries to upgrade their skills and when the expenses of their lifestyle increase and due to continue doing odd jobs, distances increase between husband and wives from verbally abuse to physical abuse then at one stage they divorce each other’s. In divorce their Kids suffer a lot, and what the result everyone knows of those children.
• Now Come to the conclusion What To do?
•Love and mercy are the highest objectives of the Qur’anic message. So, spread it in all. •Engage men and boys from Muslim communities to end violence in the family in different social and healthy activities. •Invite key decision makers in the communities so as to transform the environment and create a cultural shift. like Imams of Masajid, Councilors, Associations male and female leaders. •Miracle Media offers you for each edition to publish one story to educate the commu- nity, now it is up to you who will send first for printing from March 16th edition. •Show youth, that you respect them and that you care about them •Take every opportunity to meet with parents •Arrange to speak to the local media, get on interview shows, write letters to or articles for community, school, company, and other papers. •Change the different venue and invite other religious and community associations and involve them. After Mr. Pirzada delivered his views and suggestions, Dr. Amber Fatima Riaz said, I noted all problems and suggestions of each member and all these points to be shared with CCMW committee and our plan to arrange a big workshop at different venue where we can attract more people. She also thanked all the attendees of this short and informative session.