Cambodia

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 15.33 million
  • Population under 15: 32%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 72 years
  • Human Development Index: 143 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Low income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 0.6%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.6 members
  • Female-Headed Households: 27%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 19%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF,UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2014

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Better Care Network,
Jody Heymann and Rachel Kidman - AIDS Care,

This study uses recent data from published studies in sub-Saharan Africa to illustrate deficits and document community responses for children who have lost parents to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Comité des droits de l’enfant,

Le droit de l’enfant d’être entendu

Clare O'Brien and Tata Chanturidze ,

This report assesses progress in the reform of child welfare services in Georgia between 1999 and 2009.

Stephen Ucembe,

This report is the result of a workshop held with a group of young care-leavers drawn from ten different charitable children’s institutions or rehabilitation centres and of a questionnaire carried out on the young care-leavers.

UN Human Rights Council,

This resolution was submitted by the Human Rights Council to the General Assembly on 17 June 2019 for consideration with a view to the adoption of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children on the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

DFID, HelpAge International, Hope & Homes for Children, Institute of Development Studies, International Labour Organization, Overseas Development Institute, Save the Children UK, UNDP, UNICEF and the World Bank,

This joint statement aims to build greater consensus on the importance of child-sensitive social protection.

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia - Ministry of Women's Affairs,

This document contains revised alternative care guidelines for Ethiopia.  It discusses how development intervention has shifted from a needs based approach to a rights based approach. 

UNICEF et Ministere de la Sante, des Affaires sociales et de la Famille,

Au Congo, le phénomène social des enfants de la rue existe depuis les années 80 et a connu une recrudescence à la suite des conflits armés des années 90. Il s’est aggravé en raison de l’affaiblissement de la capacité de prise en charge des familles, de leur paupérisation et de l’accroissement du nombre de familles monoparentales (décès, divorce), recomposées ou des unions hors mariage. 

Bernard van Leer Foundation,

Examines the most effective ways of dealing with and diminishing parental stress, and what are the factors that contribute to children’s resilience and coping mechanisms in challenging care environments in particular contexts