The Director of Nia Center for Children and Family Development (NiaCCFD), Dr. Emebet Mulugeta, attended the Sixth International Policy Conference on the African Child, hosted by the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF). The conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 27-28 October, 2014, focused primarily on social protection policies in the African continent and on ways these can be improved, particularly with regard to children in Africa.