File Photo. December 26, 2017. Salim Matramkot © The Peninsula
DOHA: Permanent Population Committee (PPC) issued the 38th edition of Sukkan bulletin, its quarterly bilingual publication for December 2017.
The bulletin contains a set of topics aimed at spreading population culture and raising awareness of its issues to reach a better life for the people living in Qatar.
The issue has a series of topics, including a brief presentation on the new general population policy for Qatar 2017-2022, focusing on the challenges that face population growth for Qataris and non-Qataris.
It also focuses on the imbalances of the demographic composition represented by the low proportion of Qataris among the total population and the increase in the proportion of males and single men and other imbalances.
The bulletin also examines the principles of population policy and the general principles underlying this policy to conclude a review of the goals, objectives and procedures of the new program.
The second topic of the quarterly bulletin reviewed the events of the Qatar Population Day, held in Doha on Oct. 31, 2017 under the theme of “Towards Effective Implementation of Qatar’s Population Policy 2017-2022”.
The third topic presented the important activities and events of the PPC and its technical office, during the last quarter of 2017.
This included the participation in a number of workshops, joining several training courses, participating at the 18th meeting of the National Population Council and Committee of the Arab States, and other important matters.
Finally, the quarterly bulletin highlighted briefly the concept of percentage of divorce certificates to marriage contracts, which shows the evolution of this ratio in the State of Qatar during the years of population census.
