In compliance to SDG 3 "Good health and wellbeing", 4 " Quality education", 5 "Gender Equality", 16 " Peace, justice and strong institutions" and 17 " partnerships for the goals". Prof. Dr. Shazia Khalid (Head, NDP) and Ms. Saira Javed (Lecturer Clinical Psychology, NDP/Incharge Psychologist, N-TRC) has successfully completed 05 Days certified training workshop on "Professional Trauma Counselling" Dr.Lyn Westman who is a licensed psychologist and psychiatric clinical nurse specialist. Dr. Westman provides training for trauma healing to US Army and Airforce Officers and has been actively involved in mental health programs all over the world. The training workshop was organized by The International Leadership Training Institute, Islamabad Pakistan.

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On 22nd July 2022, Ms. Saira Javed (Lecturer Clinical Psychology, NDP/Incharge Psychologist, N-TRC) from National University of Medical Sciences was invited by (PA dte, AGs Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi) as Chair Person on One Day Symposium on "Suicide Predictors and Intervention" which is followed by Viva of Mid-Career Course batch 8 of Army Officers (Psychologists). The event was held at the Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical institute, Rawalpindi. In total 06 research papers were presented. According to the World Health Organization, Suicide accounts for around 800,000 deaths globally each year. The focus of the symposium was to identify Predictors of suicide in Pakistan and propose intervention plans in order to promote "mental health and wellbeing ", " Gender Equality ", ' reduced inequalities ' and look for " Partnerships for The Goals ".

An Awareness Session followed by a brief training workshop was organized by the students of Department of Psychology Semester III (Momenah Tanveer, Tayyaba Jahangir & Noor Fatima) on 25th April 2022, Monday. The session went successful due to the efforts of students who were continuously mentored and guided by Ms. Saira Javed (Lecturer Clinical Psychology/ Incharge Psychologist). 

The event started with the Recitation of the Holy Quran by Fakiha Baloch followed by Hosting done by Nimra Tahir. The students planned a presentation through which Momenah & Noor briefed the audience about Domestic workers & their Rights. Domestic workers come under the work done in the Informal Sector and make 50% of it out of which, female domestic workers constitute 29%. After the Presentation, Students participated in a lively Role Play activity which engaged them into learning and gaining insight about the awareness and rights of Domestic Workers. Students really appreciate the role plays and case presentations on the domestic worker's rights, domestic violence, right to refuse and reporting criminal cases.

To conduct a thorough psychological research followed by article writing is one of the basic requirements of Mid Career Course Army Student Officers (Psychologists). In every batch, to meet the requirements of the course and learning more about emerging psychological research trends, number of training workshops has been arranged by Personnel Administration Directorate, AG's Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi under the supervision of Chief Psychologist Brig Dr. Shoaib Kiani SI (M) (DPA dte, AGs Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi).

On 13th May, 2022, Ms. Saira Javed (Lecturer Clinical Psychology, NDP/Incharge Psychologist, N-TRC) from National University of Medical Sciences was invited  by (PA dte, AGs Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi) as Guest Speaker to deliver a Training Workshop on "Psychological Research Design and Methods". The workshop was held at Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical institute, Rawalpindi. The participants of the workshops were Army Student Officers (Psychologists) from Mid Career Courses (MCC) batch 08. The current training workshop covered the quantitative and qualitative research method and designs including the introduction of appropriate tools and procedures to analyze data generated from them. Since the intended participants were expected to do their own  research, a thorough discussion of the techniques, coupled with hands-on exercises, for these quantitative and qualitative research designs and Methods were taken place. The taught applications of these techniques shall be illustrated using a wide array of research problems considering that the participants belong to a broad range of areas of specialization from the field of Psychology.

At the end of the training workshop, the participants were directed to develop a framework of their research with focus on their objectives/hypotheses with a keen knowledge of the situations/conditions under which they will conduct their research and generate scientific articles for submission/publication.

This workshop was facilitated under compliance of SDG  4 “Quality education”, SDG10 “Reduced Inequality” and SDG 17 “ Partnerships for the Goals”

To learn about advanced statistics analysis for data analysis during service is one of the benchmarks of Mid-Career Course Army Student Officers (Psychologists). In every batch, to meet the requirements of the course along with the field. A  workshop on contemporary data analysis tools and their use has been arranged by Personnel Administration Directorate, AG's Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi under the supervision of Chief Psychologist Brig Dr. Shoaib Kiani SI (M) (DPA dte, AGs Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi).

On 14th June 2022, Ms. Saira Javed (Lecturer Clinical Psychology, NDP/Incharge Psychologist, N-TRC) from National University of Medical Sciences was invited  by (PA dte, AGs Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi) as Guest Speaker to deliver a Training Workshop on " Mediation and Moderation Analysis using Process Macro". The workshop was held at Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical institute, Rawalpindi.The participants of the workshops were Army Student Officers (Psychologists) from Mid-Career Courses (MCC) batch 08.  The goal of this workshop was to provide attendees with an understanding of the 

underlying principles and practical applications of mediation and moderation analysis. The basis of this workshop was centered around how to partition effects into direct and indirect components, and how to quantify and test 

hypotheses about indirect effects. It was illustrated when specific causal analysis techniques are appropriate and provide examples of how to compute techniques such as simple mediation and moderation as well as more complex mediation models involving multiple mediators (i.e., parallel and serial mediation) and categorical 

variables. Participants left this workshop with a working knowledge of how to use the PROCESS macro in SPSS to run a variety of mediation and moderation analysis techniques as well as Iacobacci's step-by-step approach to conduct mediation analysis regardless of whether X, M/W and/or Y variables are continuous or categorical.

This event was attended in compliance to SDG 3 “Good Health and Wellbeing”, SDG 4 “Quality Education” and SDG 17 “ Partnerships for the Goals”

Awareness Campaign: Freedom of caged birds was organized by the students of Department of Psychology Semester III (Amna Malik & Maheen Jamali) under the supervision of Ms Saira Javed (Lecturer clinical psychology, NDP/ Incharge Psychologist, N-TRC) on 12th May 2022 to educate people about the birds rights and and how their mental and physical health affected by caging them.The Guest Speaker for the event was Dr. Muhammad Awais Sultan. He has done DVM from University of Agriculture Faisalabad. He has been working as a pet practitioner and dairy farm manager for the last 2 years. Dr. Sultan told us about the feeding schedule for birds and as pet owners we should make sure that we are giving them clean water, enough space in the cage to fly and breed because birds are very expressive in nature and they need full attention and care for appropriate growth. Dr. Sultan also thought light on psychological consequences faced by caged birds and they tried to show it in their physical symptoms. He said that mainly lonely personalities want to cage birds and then a question answer session began where our guest and participants collaborated to design some interventions for this thoughtful topic.

At the end of the session, students thanked Dr. Muhammad Awais Sultan and took a group picture.

This program was held in compliance to SDG 10 “Reduced inequalities”, SDG  15 “lives on land”, SDG 16 “Peace, justice and strong institutions” and SDG 17 “ Partnerships for the Goals”

Students of National University of Medical Sciences(NUMS) Department of Psychology organized a training workshop on “Suffer  سڑک  (travel and road) on May 9 to train their fellow students in signs of  traffic, its basic rules  and the requirement of  putting on seat belts for the motorists safety while driving.        

The workshop was organized at the initiative of the students of Psychology who included Nimra Tahir, Farba Khan and Smaha Saher.        

A group of students who worked as trainers were initially trained by the National Highway Authority on traffic laws and the importance of observing traffic signs while behind the wheels. The mentoring of the instructor Ms. Saira Javed, Lecturer Clinical Psychology, NDP/ Incharge Psychologist, N-TRC helped make the event more useful which also covered the Sustainable Development Goals as set by the UN. Ms. Taskeen Mansoor (Lecturer Anthropology DSBS/ PhD scholar from the Quaid e- Azam university) was the guest of honour on the occasion.           

During the course of the workshop, regulatory, informative & mandatory traffic signs were discussed. The participants were informed that mandatory signs were normally in circle shape except for one sign which was mandatory but in the shape of an upside triangle. Regulatory signs include Stop Signs, Speed Limit Signs, Do Not Enter, Handicapped & one-way Signs.          

Informatory signs provide information, help, and direction, for example, parking in the left direction. Informatory signs, normally in rectangular shapes may be in different colors. The participants were informed about the Safety and Precautionary measures they should take while driving.     

The trainers explained the purpose & mechanism of seat belts & airbags for keeping the motorists safe during accidents. They also referred to gender based myths and facts regarding driving skills.      

In her concluding remarks Ms. Taskeen  Mansoor ( Lecturer  Anthropology DSBS/ PhD scholar from the Quaid e- Azam university) appreciated the knowledge and efforts of students, saying," Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow".

This program was held in compliance to SDG  “Good Health and Wellbeing”, SDG 11 “ Sustainable cities and Communities” SDG 16  “Peace justice and strong institutions” and SDG 17 “ Partnerships for the Goals”

An awareness session, *Daring not Deprived* was organized by the students from NUMS Department of Psychology, Semester III (Salwa Nadeem, Sana Sabir & Aamna Zaman) on 25th April 2022, Monday. The session went successful due to the efforts of students.  Students from others departments also participated in session

To talk on such an important issue, Mr. Asim Zafar, who is CEO of Saaya Association of Persons with Disabilities had kindly consented to be the guest speaker. He was invited to talk about emerging challenges faced by people with different abilities and how they are helping them to lead quality of life. Mr. Asim particularly talks about polio individual's hardship and suffering of their families too. His organization has contributed to the advancement of opportunities for persons with disabilities where they can realize their full potential. It has executed numerous wheelchair distributions, training workshops for families and persons with disabilities, accessibility audits of infrastructure in public spaces, and training sessions for the community at large.  It started with the guest narrating his story of how, despite being affected by polio, he managed to complete his education, receive scholarships, and represent Pakistan in the international sports arena. He then sensitized the audience to the lifestyle of a person with a disability elaborating that it is not a disease or curse, rather it is a different lifestyle. He also thanked NUMS for building a ramp facility for wheelchair individuals, which usually lacks in universities and many organizations.

The take home message of the session was " we all are special in our capacity, the only gap in between your goal and achievement is your will to explore".

This program was held in compliance to SDG “Good Health and Wellbeing”, SDG 4 “Quality Education”, SDG 8 “decent work and economic growth” and SDG 17 “Partnerships for the Goals”

A group of Students (Kinza Maryum, Zil-e-Haram and Fakiha baloch) from semester III, NUMS Department of Psychology took a great initiative to revive family values by educating people about the importance of healthy family relationships and how it influence our individual as well as community well-being as their course assignment thought seminar under the supervision of Ms Saira Javed (Lecturer Clinical Psychology, NDP/Incharge Psychologist, N-TRC). Guest speakers were Prof. Dr Shazia Khalid (HOD of NUMS Department of Psychology) and Dr. Abdul Qadar (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, DSBS).

Both guest speakers thought light on the significance of family ties, role of Z generation followed by addressing the problems behind weak family bonding and informed the audience about creative ways to find innovative healthy and comfortable family environments. In the Question Answer session, the audience interacted very energetically to find ways to overcome the communication gap with our parents and also talked about ways to strengthen family ties. After the session, everyone acknowledged the shared vision by guest speakers and requested to carry forward this session by teaching family style and effective coping skills among family ties. The session concluded with the quotation "Family is not an Important thing but everything".

This program was held in compliance with SDG “Good Health and Wellbeing”.

Saaya Association, Pakistan Sports Council of Persons with Disabilities and HANDS Pakistan jointly organized an event for Women with & without disabilities and the general public to celebrate International Women Day. They arranged an event titled “Observance of International Women’s Day 2022 “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” on 8th March, 2022. Ms. Saira Javed (Lecturer Clinical Psychology, NDP/Incharge Psychologist N-TRC) from National University of Medical Sciences was invited as honorary guest to receive recognition and appreciation award on world international women’s day for her meritorious dedicated services to persons with disabilities by targeting SDG 3 “Good Health and Well-being”, SDG 10 “Reduced Inequality” and SDG 17 “Partnerships for the Goals”

The students of BS Psychology semester II at NUMS Department of Psychology initiated their projects under the supervision of their course instructor Mr. Muhammad Umar Fayyaz, Lecturer, NUMS Department of Psychology. The projects were part of their course requirement for Social Psychology. Students conducted surveys and mini research on different social psychology topics, they made videos and presented them in the class. Creative videos were made with the purpose to inculcate the utilization of the social psychology topics in general public and to highlight the importance of psychology in our everyday lives.

Students also targeted different SDG’S in the making of their projects. One of the projects was gender stereotypes which targeted SDG 5: Gender equality, which is an effort to reduce the injustice, inequalities and, stereotypes in the society regarding gender. The project focused on two common stereotypes found in our society: smoking attitude towards women and association of specific colours with gender. Another project was submitted on Bystander effect (Helping behaviour) which targets SDG 3: Good health and wellbeing, SDG Indicator 3.3.5. Mental Health Support. Students highlighted the importance of altruistic behaviour and how it can lead to a progressive society. Students of NUMS Department of Psychology are enthusiastic bunch of individuals and believe in producing quality work with the aim to benefit the society at-large.

First experiment was about Gender Stereotype.Gender stereotypes are basically the beliefs about personal attributes of males and females. Gender stereotypes are present everywhere in world but particularly in Pakistan, they have a greater impact in shaping the societal behavior. We have conducted experiment on smoking attitudes towards gender and colour and toys specification towards boys and girls. Through experiment, it was observed that if a male is smoking then our society considers it as an acceptable behavior but if a female is smoking then it will be an unethical act. For men smoking is a “Bad Habit” but for women it is “Bad Women” The impact of stereotypes is so strong that such discriminative attitudes are also adopted in our coming generation.

Two experiments were conducted on gender stereotypes. In first experiment we have observed different smoking attitudes towards gender, and in second experiment we have observed that if boys’ and girls’ children are gender specific towards colours and toys. For these two experiments we interviewed and survey through a short questionnaire from   students of NUMS, PWD Campus.

Conclusion:

Smoking attitudes toward genders:

Toys and color specification towards children:

Children were indeed specific toward the choice of toys and colors because this was taught through stereotyping though parents wouldn't have told them this but they learned it from society through socialization.

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