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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