MAWADDAH YOUNG

MARRIED COUPLE COURSE

About

The Marriage Course is a series of eight modules, is designed to help couples invest in their relationship and build a strong marriage and family.

The course is designed to help couples build strong marriage and family foundations, learn to communicate more effectively and resolve conflict and differences.

In a relationship, when communication starts to fade, everything else will follow

3E Project

In a relationship, when communication starts to fade, everything else will follow

3E Project

Goal

1. The Mawaddah Marriage Course is based on Islamic principles and scientific data. It is designed for all couples with or without Islamic background.

2. We also welcome married couples who are yet to have children.

3. The Mawaddah Marriage Course is targeting young married couples below the age of 40 years old irrespective of their years of marriage.

Objectives

1. To assist married couples to understand the underlying meaning behind the reality of marriage and family.

2. To highlight measures for couples who seek for advices to strengthen their relationship.

3. To aid couples who intentionally invest in their relationship facts about family structures from scientific point of view and address more specific challenges within a family life.

4. To offers essential tools and practical ideas to help couples building a relationship that lasts a lifetime.

Parties involved

Team Leader:

Dr. Norasikin Basir

Team Members:

AP Dr. Hazizan Mohd Noon

AP Dr. Noor Azlan Mohd Noor

AP Dr. Rohaiza Rokis

AP Dr. Nurazzura Mohamed Diah

Dr. Szariannie Sulaiman

Dr. Sh Fatimah Syed Hussien

Dr. Nor Aisah Areff

Internal Collaborator:

AIKOL; AP Dr. Noraini Hashim, Dept of Islamic Law, AIKOL.

CENTRIS; AP Dr. Akmal Khuzairy Abdul Rahman, Director CENTRIS.

STADD; Mdm Hafsah Mohd Yusoff, Director STADD

External Collaborator:

Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM)

Pengarah Bhg Keluarga, Sosial dan Komuniti (KSK, JAKIM)

Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS)

Jabatan Kehakiman Syariah Selangor (JAKESS)

Lembaga Penduduk dan Pembangunan Keluarga Negara (LPPKN)

OUTCOME & IMPACT

1. To establish IIUM as the referral and consultation centre in issues related to marriage and family irrespective of ethnicity, economic status and cultural background.

2. To establish mutual collaboration with governmental bodies, ministries and private corporations to conduct marriage courses to employees.

3. To develop marriage happiness index as a reference to assist religious departments in organising future pre-marriage courses.

4. The first comprehensive course for already-Muslim-married-couples conducted in the country (as compared to Module Bahtera Kasih by LPPKN and Module Pasca Perkahwinan by JAIS).

5. The course will be tailored to the need of target participants in terms of marital duration and age of married couples.

6. The first marriage course that integrate the concept of family building from the perspective of Islamic revealed knowledge and science.

1. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

SDG3: Good Health & Wellbeing

Goal

3.7) By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes.

3.8) Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

SDG4: QUALITY

EDUCATION

Goal

4.7) Ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and nonviolence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development.

SDG5: GENDER

EQUALITY

Goal

5.1) End all forms of discriminations against all women and girls everywhere

5.5) Ensure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in political, economic, and public life

INDICATORS

High score in marriage happiness index.

TARGET

To introduce and expose young married couples on the importance of reproductive health-care services like family-planning. It is vital to plan the family that can help in reducing strain and disorder within family sphere.

Providing Young married couples who are married from day 1 up to 10 years, with or without Islamic background.

Preparing young married couples, both man and woman, with accurate knowledge on marriage life, parenthood, parenting, managing stress, and reduce the feelings of being. Reviving young married couples of their responsibilities, roles and functions.

SDG 5