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...
The wife of the Vice President of the United Dr Jill Biden,is visiting Malawi currently after Ethiopia's visit and will head to Niger next in a trip that has her forcusing on women's rights,immigration and education.Dr Jill is touring the three African countries to promote girl's education and women's empowerment.Dr Biden started off her three-country visit to Africa in Ethiopia this past weekend for the first time,she talked in Addis Ababa during a graduation of the Girls can code program which teaches high school girls the essential computer technology and IT skills to aid them in attaining higher education.According to the second lady fewer than 2 percent of university STEM graduates in Ethiopia are females.''You're women of action.There's nothing you cannot do if you have confidence in yourself''.More photos below. 



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