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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The Irish Times,

This letter, published in the Irish Times, calls for "a high-level national working group to address the cross-departmental responsibilities of the State to children in care, with a specific focus on meeting their holistic educational needs in a coordinated way, across all age levels."

Keir Simmons and Yuliya Talmazan - NBC News,

In an interview with NBC News, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed discussed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls, including the increase in child marriages and abuse.

Shanti Raman, Tufail Muhammad, Jeffrey Goldhagen, Rajeev Seth, Ayesha Kadir, Sue Bennett, Danielle D’Annunzio, Nicholas J. Spencer, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Bernard Gerbaka - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The authors of this paper report on the challenges and successes of their collaborative action at regional and supra-national levels, including opportunistic action.

The Institute for Child Welfare Innovation,

This session will review strategies to help you advocate for the child’s family placement and collaborate with your team to achieve successful outcomes.

The Institute for Child Welfare Innovation,

The Institute for Child Welfare Innovation is hosting a series of free webinars on family-finding and kinship navigation during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Michelle Wiley and Adriana Morga - KQED,

This article from KQED describes how the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted efforts to reunite families separated by U.S. immigration policy.

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, UNHCR, UNICEF,

The purpose of this note is to clarify the linkages and complementarity between INSPIRE seven strategies for ending violence against children and the 2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (‘2019 CPMS’); and to provide some practical guidance on how to use INSPIRE and the 2019 CPMS in conjunction for preventing and responding to violence against children in humanitarian settings.

Consortium for Street Children,

The Consortium for Street Children's (CSC) 2020 conference will focus on the COVID-19 pandemic.

This free online course provides insight into how the unnecessary placement of a child in alternative care can be prevented; how alternative care can constitute a suitable, positive experience for a child when it is necessary; and how children and young people who are leaving care can best be supported.

Lucia C. A. Williams, Viviane Dutra Gama, Ricardo P. Oliveira, Sabrina Mazo D’Affonseca - Child Abuse & Neglect,

In this article, the authors present child abuse and neglect data available in Brazilian public health system platform and in a national childline reporting channel (Dial 100) from 2011-2017.