page_title: Hafsat Mohammed Baba
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: Hafsat Mohammed Baba / Work
caption_attribution_description: English: Hajiya Hafsat Mohammed Baba at her office in the Kaduna State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development
context_page_description: Hafsat Mohammed Baba, is the Commissioner of Human Services and Social Development in Kaduna State. She was reappointed Commissioner Human Services and Social Development in July 2019 after serving as Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development from 2017 to April 2019. The new portfolio meant the erstwhile Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development was expanded to include Human Services, Youth Development and Arts & Culture which had hitherto been in other Ministries.
context_section_description: Beginning work with the Kaduna Ministry of Health as part of her service year, Hafsat started service of the State as Officer 1 at the New General Hospital (Now Barau Dikko Hospital), Kaduna. She went on to work in the Government House, Kaduna; National Teachers' Institute and Albarka Airlines from where, in 2002 she moved into the social/advocacy sector. Her experience in the social and non-governmental sector saw her serving in various positions beginning as State Coordinator, Women and Youth Opinion Leaders Forum, Kaduna; and as Project Coordinator, Jam'iyyar Matan Arewa, Kaduna; both between 2002 and 2006. From 2006, in the National Council for Women Society, Kaduna, she served as Research Coordinator until 2010, and as Assistant Secretary till her appointment as Commissioner for Women Affairs by Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’i. Until her appointment, she was Consultant Councillor on HIV/AIDS for the BBC World Service Trust Radio Programme from 2006 and Gender Advocacy Consultant for the UNDP from 2013. Hafsat had founded the Global Initiative for Women and Children (GIWAC) in Kaduna in 2004 and coordinated same ever since.
caption: Hajiya Hafsat Mohammed Baba on her desk as the Commissioner for Women Affairs of Kaduna State.
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