UNICEF trains 5,360 social workers

By Asghar Ali Mubarak

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Pakistan and partners have imparted psychosocial support and stigma prevention training among a total of 5,360 across country social workforce professionals.
According to the UNICEF Pakistan report 2021 as many as (3,368 women and 1,992 men) have been imparted training on psychosocial support and stigma prevention in all provinces through a package developed by UNICEF.
As many as (669 women and 256 men in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have been trained, said the report of UNICEF.
While a total of 224,530 parents, caregivers, children and individuals (37,023 girls, 36,657 boys, 75,555 women, 75,295 men) received Psychosocial Support.