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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Asta Rau - Qualitative Sociology Review,

This article examines the findings of a mixed-method implementation-evaluation of a local non-governmental organization's Orphans and Vulnerable Children program.

Rachel Springford - Huffington Post,

In this blog post from the Huffington Post, Rachel Springford writes about her experience in care and the difficulties care leavers face in transitioning to adulthood and accessing opportunities such as studying at university.

Rachel Hall - The Guardian,

The UK government has announced a new care leaver covenant, designed to support care leavers in the transition to independent adulthood, according to this article from the Guardian.

Nicola Atwool - Children Australia,

The question in the title is addressed by exploring the challenges inherent in providing care for children who are unable to live with their birth families.

Barbara Torres‐Gomez, Itziar Alonso‐Arbiol, Miriam Gallarin - Journal of Research on Adolescence,

This study examined adopted adolescents’ levels of attachment security to parents and aggressiveness as compared to those of community nonadopted adolescents and of clinical nonadopted adolescents.

Susan Sierau, Esther Schneider, Yuriy Nesterko, Heide Glaesmer - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,

The present study analyzes differences between perceived social support from family, peers, and adult mentors in Unaccompanied refugee minors (URM), with subgroup analyses of peer and mentor support in URM with and without family contact.

Susanne Martikke, Holly Cumbers, Nigel Cox, Lucy Webb, Emma Gedzielewski, Mariam Duale - Children & Society,

This article re‐examines data from an evaluation of a volunteering project for care leavers in the UK.

UNICEF Egypt,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Specialist in Egypt.

The Centre for Liberation Studies & Chunling Lu from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Department of Population Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School,

The Centre for Liberation Studies and partners are undertaking a study which aims to estimate the number of children living in institutional care globally. If you have any published or unpublished reports on studies that you have conducted to estimate how many children live in out-of-family care arrangements, please send them to institutionalcarereview@gmail.com.

Lumos,

Lumos is seeking a Researcher who will be responsible for leading and carrying out a US research agenda.