The Sixth International Conference on Language, Education and Innovation (ICLEI) 2016 was held in the Royal Plaza on Scotts Hotel, Singapore from October 29-30, 2016. One member from the Counseling Unit, Ms. Monzia Mushtaq, Psychosocial Counselor and Lecturer attended the conference where she orally presented her article on “Difference between third gender people and gender conforming people in life satisfaction and life stress in Bangladesh”. The study was designed to answer whether the life satisfaction of the third gender people is lower than the gender conforming people; whether life stress of the third gender people is higher than the gender conforming people, and whether there is a negative correlation between life satisfaction and life stress or not. This study provided a base for further research into systematic evaluation of the change in psychological distress with social empowerment of this cohort. In addition to oral presentation, the paper was published in the conference proceedings and, later will be published in the IJLLCE Journal.
Moreover, Ms. Monzia Mushtaq also participated as a Chair of a session in the conference. Since the conference was an inter-disciplinary forum, therefore, the presenters got a unique opportunity to discuss and exchange knowledge about various theories, research findings and new advancements in the areas of language, education and innovation.