Background
Equality for Peace and Development Organization (EPDO) is an Afghan non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 2010 to empower
women and youth at the community and policy level in Afghanistan. EPDO envisions Afghanistan as a peaceful, prosperous, and welfare state where all Afghans enjoy
equal rights without discrimination. Therefore, EPDO aims to increase the capacity of vulnerable groups, especially women and youth, to enable them to represent their
needs in all aspects of development. EPDO focuses on various spectrums of peace, security, livelihood, and development in Afghanistan — ranging from the salient
need for humanitarian assistance, economic empowerment, and continuous development processes, to long-term projects for sustainable peace.
Project Background:
UNICEF child protection supports to strengthen child protection system in Afghanistan closely working with government sectors and non-government partners on system building, justice for children, birth registration, elimination of harmful practices and child protection in emergencies. UNICEF supports strengthening psycho-social support services to better respond to the needs of children abused or at risk of abuse and violence.
The key challenge in responding to the growing child protection and gender-based violence (GBV) crisis is the absence of a qualified, incentivized workforce. To meet the needs of Afghan children and women within the current context, UNICEF anticipated a need for 25 social workers per 100,000 children.
However, due to the turnover of social workers and the expiry of NGO partnerships, the number of social workers remains in constant fluctuation, requiring continuous training and deployment. Therefore, to ensure services are provided to the most vulnerable children in Afghanistan, and in line with the aforementioned strategy, UNICEF continues to fund the recruitment and training of the social welfare workforce, onboarded by EPDO as the implementing partner. These social workers support the delivery of integrated humanitarian child protection services, including case management; family tracing and reunification (FTR); provision of psychosocial support (PSS); referrals to education, health, GBV, and other specialized services; and income-generating activities for vulnerable children and their families, among other interventions
The Child Protection Social Work Provincial Supervisor is required to work closely with the team and relevant stakeholders to achieve the goals and objectives designed for this program. S/he is also required to manage and oversee the effective implementation of the activities.
