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The traditional chiefs: Actors of social change

21 min
Niger
2012

UNICEF has been maintaining a strategic partnership with the association of the traditional chiefs of Niger (ACTN) around children’s rights since 2001.

Category : Current world
Reference : 7278
Director : Idi Dan Badaou
Version : French

In Niger the traditional chiefdom enjoys an unquestionable authority and prestige. When a chief talks, he is listened to. This is one of the reasons why UNICEF has been maintaining a strategic partnership with the association of the traditional chiefs of Niger (ACTN) around children’s rights since 2001.