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Director Institute of Applied Psychology, Prof. Dr. Rafia Rafique was invited as the guest speaker to International Peace Conference by Pakistan Youth Community under the flag of JI Pakistan
Director Institute of Applied Psychology, Prof. Dr. Rafia Rafique was invited as the guest speaker to International Peace Conference by Pakistan Youth Community under the flag of JI Pakistan


Director Institute of Applied Psychology, Prof. Dr. Rafia Rafique was invited as the guest speaker to International Peace Conference by Pakistan Youth Community under the flag of JI Pakistan on Sunday 13th June, 2021 at  Faletti's Hotel Lahore. The Conference was organized to show solidarity with Palestinians. Key focus of the conference was to shed light on everyday struggles of the Palestinians and the long-term impact of the adversities they are facing today. Prof. Dr. Rafia Rafique while addressing the difficulties of Palestinians brought the focus to the most neglected aspect, that is, the mental health challenges faced by people in Palestine. Dr. Rafia stated that there is a community mental health crisis in Palestine and this has adverse effect on the psychological health of the children and mere trauma focused therapy won’t be enough. To deal with these challenges, there is dire need of community based psychological interventions directed towards the unique challenges faced by Palestinians. Moreover, to help children cope up with the harsh conditions, school-based psychological interventions need to be devised. Dr. Rafia Rafique suggested that in this era of virtual technology, Palestinians can take benefit from tele-psychological services to deal with their daily life struggles and offered voluntary tele-psychological services by Institute of Applied Psychology to the Palestinian Youth and Children. Further, notable guest speakers like Mushahid Hussain Syed, Huseyin Oruc, Dr. Ali Abo Rezeg, Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi, Sajjad Mir and others shared their perspectives on the struggles faced by Palestinians and showed unwavering solidarity with the people of Palestine.