Social Work to shape Kingdom

Social work, long-established in developed countries but unheard-of in Cambodia, could be set to change the face of child protection in the country as interest in the field grows. Last week, a hundred potential social workers from around the country came to Phnom Penh for an introduction to a degree in social work, as the career is becoming recognised by academics as “an important tool to cope with social problems” in the country. ... The course, created by RUPP and the Social Welfare Centre at Ewha Womans University, the world’s largest female educational institute, is a memorandum between the two countries to improve social work in Cambodia and the capacity of women to take a leading role. ...

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