First Lady Mubarak: increasing family awarness protects against addiction

Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, chairperson of the National Council for Women (NCW), stressed the importance of educating families and increasing their awareness about the phenomena of family violence and cruelty in order to secure protection from addiction. This came in Mrs. Mubarak's address to the opening session of the national conference on combating addiction held at the Cairo International Conference Centre in collaboration with the UN office for combating crimes and drug addiction.

She cited some studies which proved that raising children in a proper way was a process in which youngsters were learning decorum, values and ethics protecting them against any misdemeanours.

She highlighted the importance of facing family problems from the beginning before they affected children`s future.