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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Dan Barry - New York Times,

This article, with accompanying short video documentary, from the New York Times tells an in-depth and harrowing story of an amateur historian, Catherine Corless, seeking to learn about the history of a "mother and baby home" run by Bon Secours nuns in the town of Tuam, Ireland, and the story of mistreatment, poor conditions, trafficking, and unmarked graves she uncovered. 

New Editions Consulting, Inc.,

New Editions Consulting, Inc. is recruiting a new Senior Technical Advisor for Children in Adversity. The Senior Technical Advisor assists with the administration of USAID’s Displaced Children and Orphans Fund, as well as the U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity (APCA) more broadly. 

New Editions Consulting, Inc. ,

Closing date: October 27, 2017

Location: Washington DC

Organization: New Editions Consulting, Inc.

Job Years of Experience: 10

Anne Steenbakkers, Steffie Van Der Steen, Hans Grietens - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review,

To increase knowledge of foster children’s needs and how these are conceptualized, this paper presents a systematic literature review. 

National Child Traumatic Stress Network & Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders,

This webinar series provides clinicians, counselors, and other helpers with insights on recognizing and dealing with the most difficult crises and turning points that occur in therapy with traumatized children and families. 

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of Tajikistan’s periodic report to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

BBC Two,

This video from the BBC shares stories from some mixed racial, ethnic, and religious foster care families. 

K. G. Gopakumar, Kamalakshi G. Bhat, Shantharam Baliga, Nitin Joseph, Neha Mohan, Avinash K. Shetty - Quality of Life Research,

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of care at foster homes on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children living with HIV (CLHIV), attending a referral ART Centre, and to compare their HRQOL with children living in their own homes.

Adrienne Whitt-Woosley, Jessica Eslinger, Ginny Sprang - Trauma Responsive Child Welfare Systems,

This chapter provides a description of the Partners in Child Protection (PICP) project, the assessment protocols utilized, and the implementation strategies applied to support and maintain the partnership. 

International Committee of the Red Cross,

The International Committee of the Red Cross has released a comment on the Global Compacts including three key messages, one of which relates to the detention of children and family separation.