Ghizlane Benjelloun named UN personality in Morocco for 2024
Ghizlane Benjelloun has been named UN Personality in Morocco for 2024 on the United Nations Day, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Morocco announced on Thursday in Rabat.
This honor is awarded to Benjelloun in recognition of her long-standing commitment to children’s mental health and the promotion of their rights, according to a press release from UN Morocco.
“All the UN agencies based in the Kingdom of Morocco recognize, through this designation, a woman’s passionate commitment to Morocco’s young generations and their well-being,” the UNDP Resident Coordinator in Morocco, Nathalie Fustier, said, noting that today’s children are the actors of tomorrow, bearers of hope and change for a better future.
For her part, Benjelloun dedicated this honor to every person who fights for children’s rights, because their future and the future of our society depend on our ability to place their mental well-being as an absolute priority.
On this occasion, Benjelloun will receive a certificate from the Director of the UNESCO Office for the Maghreb, Eric Falt, the same source added.
Benjelloun is Vice-President of the National Observatory for the Rights of Children (ONDE) and a member of the Board of Directors of Morocco’s National Union of Moroccan Women. In addition to her responsibilities at ONDE, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Bureau for Children’s Rights (IBCR) and the European Association for Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, and an active member of the international association “ La Cause des Bébés ”.
An international academic and expert, she is also a member of the Scientific Council and Monitoring Committee of the Lalla Meryem Academic Chair for Women and Children at Mohammed V University in Rabat, a Professor in Child Psychiatry and Head of the Child Psychiatry Department at the Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca.
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