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Springfield’s hotel occupancy rate in January was 27.2%, the lowest monthly rate ever recorded since statistics began being kept almost three decades ago, and the rate was 16 percentage points lower than the same month in 2020.
The statistics were emblematic of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Springfield as a travel and tourism destination.
“It’s been devastating over the past year,” said Scott Dahl, director of the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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Call for Applications: Operating Family Guidance Center (FGC) in Afghanistan
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Deadline: 23-Jan-21
The FGCs provide legal information, representation, family councelling, support for reintegration into a safe living situation in their families or in the community, psychosocial councelling and referrals to other services. The FGC provides legal assistance to survivors of VAW through legal representation in the formal legal system in civil and criminal cases, or may resolve cases through accredited practices and procedures, or engaging the local Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) Commission.
The organisations operating the Family Guidance Centers will be expected to deliver a range of critical services to survivors of VAWG, in respect of the survivor-centred principles, and ensuring the safety and privacy of all survivors of VAWG: