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Women uniting at a Global event - Second
Family Life Forum 2019, held in Istanbul, 18 th
to 19 th October 2019 – Turkey.
Stories narrated 2019
T he Second Family Life Forum hosted a
workshop that was held in Pullman’s
Convention center in Istanbul, Turkey on the
18 th to the 19 th October 2019. Around 549
people attended from 35 countries around the
world. Stories Narrated is an international
humanitarian Forum focusing on the quality
of life for a family, as women-headed
households in communities affected by war
and asylum. It seeks to achieve a satisfactory
and dignified life for this group by promoting
sustainable economic, social and cultural
development of society to make the present
and future world more secure, peaceful, just
and prosperous. The project manager was
Diana Al-Khalili.
The objective of the Forum is:
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To contribute in enhancing the quality of life of the
families that lost their breadwinners in the conflict,
through providing funds.
To highlight the gap among communities in which families
that lack a breadwinner suffer low quality of life in
comparison with communities with a higher quality of life
standards.
To build partnerships amongst various specialist
organizations and therefore improve the quality of life of
women-headed households in conflict areas.
To highlight the negative effects of war and conflicts on
the quality of life of the families
To showcase successful experiences of countries that apply
quality standards to its citizens, as well as supporting war
affected countries through humanitarian and development
imitative.
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