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Annual
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2016
ODVV
“The Role of Psychology and Counselling in Prevention of Violence”
Technical Sitting
For the first time, the ODVV held this technical sitting on 28 April 2016 at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran
on the sidelines of the biggest psychology and counselling students’ assembly of the country.
In this sitting, while introducing its activities and services in support of victims of violence, the ODVV
highlighted methodology of the role of psychologists and counsellors in prevention of violence.
The commemoration ceremony was held by the Welfare Organisation and the Psychology and
Counselling System Organization.
Participation in the 7th Family Pathology Congress
The ODVV participated in the 7th Family Pathology Congress and the 3rd National Family
Research Festival at the Aboureyhan Hall of Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran on 10-11 May
2016, which had the attendance of experts, students and activists in the field of families.
The ODVV held an exhibit of its Rehabilitation Department achievements and products and
literature on families, family therapy, marriage counselling, prevention of domestic violence and
other related subjects.
Retrieval of Information and UN Documents with a Focus on Human Rights
Education Workshop
On 16 May 2016, with the cooperation of UNIC in Iran, the ODVV held this education workshop at
the UN headquarters in Tehran for a group fo ODVV honorary members and volunteers. Following
introduction to the bilingual website of UNIC,
particularly the human rights section, and the
participants received further information on the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its
history by Nazanin Ghaemmaghami, the UNIC
librarian. The participants were also introduced to
theUNandUNHCHRwebsites.While browsing the
activities of the UN in its website, with a reference
to human rights as one of the three main activities
of the UN, the participants were introduced with
the UN documents webpage, and the audio-visual
information bank of international law. Also the research guide to Dag Hammarskjöld Library regarding
human rights and bodies based on the Charter and based on treaties was introduced to the participants.