BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS. (PHOTOS).
BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS Benue State has taken a major step toward strengthening child protection and social welfare services with the graduation of 60 Auxiliary Social Workers (ASWs) trained to serve vulnerable children and families at the grassroots. The graduation ceremony, held on Wednesday, marked the successful completion of a programme jointly supported by the Benue State Government, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, and the Benue State Bureau for International Cooperation and Development (BICD). Speaking at the event themed “Building Community Resilience Through Professional Auxiliary Social Work,” the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Hon. Mrs. Theresa Apochi-Ikwue, described the initiative as a strategic response to gaps in child protection services across the state. She said the newly trained ASWs would...
She was found guilty of abducting and selling seven babies in Fuping,Shaanxi province.She do advice parents that their infants had serious diseases and convinced them to give up their babies.She has been sentenced to death,with a two year reprieve.Suspended death sentences are normally commuted to life imprisonment in china.Zhang sold seven babies to child traffickers between 2011 and July 2013,including a pair of twins.The six of the babies were rescued,but one baby girl died.Under China's strict population control policies,most couples can only have one child,and there is a strong preference for healthy baby boy's.Ealier this month,China's top legislature formally adopted a resolution easing the country's one child policy,by allowing couples to have two children if either parents is an only child. 
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