Self-Awareness for Women and Men

Dr. Inge Tiemann, faculty member in the Department of Social Science, in cooperation with the Department of English faculty members, Dr. Jeanne Kattan, Mr. Sami Kirreh, Ms. Mai Nassar and Ms. Hanadi Younan, organized a session about self awareness for men and women. The objectives of the activity is to support both men and women to understand the pressures on the opposite sex who adopt certain attitudes, and to emphasize that dialogue between men and women is necessary for mutual understanding.

The methodology used was to divide the whole group into smaller homogeneous gender groups. All participants filled in a questionnaire in which he/she had to complete statements about the other sex.

This activity took place on Thursday 2 March 2006 at 11:15 am . At the conclusion of the session many participants felt it was a worthwhile experience that will help them understand each other better.