UN Women CFPs to Implement Spotlight Initiative Program (Malawi)
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Implement Spotlight Initiative Program Activities in Malawi which is aimed at targeting the most at-risk groups, will accelerate efforts towards elimination of violence against women and girls including sexual gender-based violence and harmful practices.
A deliberate effort is projected to ensure those facing multiple and intersecting discrimination play a key role not only as beneficiaries but also as key stakeholders, shaping and guiding the program design and implementation. The initiative envisions a comprehensive prevention strategy that addresses structural issues and linkages to Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR). Innovations through the practical application will further enhance efforts to capitalize on lessons learned and link to existing efforts under the UN and other development partners’ programming on Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Human Rights, Girls Education, etc.
Malawi: Kaliati Reproves Social Welfare and Child Protection Workforce
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A 5-day training workshop for stakeholders in nutrition and maternity issues has ended in Enugu with stakeholders commending the Enugu State Government for its current efforts towards addressing malnutrition.
The training was organized for the media, civil society groups and health workers by the Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria, (CS-SUNN).
In a communique issued after the meeting, they identified malnutrition and food insecurity as “a critical development issue that has held-back millions of individuals, families and countries from achieving their full potentials.”
The objectives of the training were “to develop key messages on Breast Milk Substitutes (BMS) CODE, Right to Food, Maternity Protection and Food Fortification.
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has called on social welfare and child protection workers for not delivering impressive and notable results in their expected roles of promoting social economic empowerment and protection of women and children using community and welfare approaches.
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The Minister made the remarks on Monday in Lilongwe as she launched the National Child Protection month intended to advocate for more resources for addressing child protection challenges facing children.
“Social welfare officers are supposed to be monitoring every district, coordinating with community leaders, and collecting case reports which are not the case on the ground as people call me directly to give me case reports because the social welfare officers are not doing the work that they are supposed to,” she lamented.
Kaliati Reproves Social Welfare & Child Protection Workforce
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has called on social welfare and child protection workers to start delivering impressive and notable results in their roles of promoting social-economic empowerment and protection of women and children using community and welfare approaches.
The Minister made the remarks on Monday in Lilongwe as she launched the National Child Protection month intended to advocate for more resources for addressing child protection challenges facing children.
“Social welfare officers are supposed to be monitoring every district, coordinating with community leaders, and collecting case reports which are not the case on the ground as people call me directly to give me case reports because the social welfare officers are not doing the work that they are supposed to,” she lamented.
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