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The Ethiopian Society of Sociologists, Social Workers and Anthropologists (ESSSWA) was founded in June 1996. ESSSWA works with a vision to see sustainable and positive social change in Ethiopia and to be an active participant in the transformation process. Its mission is to represent the interests of the professionals of Sociology, Social work and Anthropology and advance the application of these disciplines for the well being of the Ethiopian Society.

The objectives of the conference are to:

• Identify the relevance, impacts and challenges of social protection/safety nets strategies and practices at different levels in line with the broader poverty reduction and economic growth efforts of the country;
• Enable participants of the conference to identify synergies among different social protection/ safety nets components for various cross sections of the society; and
• Provide insights on long term perspective for social protection/safety nets initiatives that takes into account the changing nature of shocks and stresses as well as the perpetuation of chronic urban and rural poverty among destitute social groups.

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