Democratic Republic of the Congo

Demographic Data:

  • Total Population: 74.88 million
  • Population under 15: 46%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 58.7 years
  • Human Development Index: 176 out of 188 
  • World Bank Status: Low Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 1.0%
  • Mean Household Composition: 5.3 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 25%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2013/2014

 

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Lena Boraggina-Ballard, J. Sobeck, D. Honig - Children and Youth Services Review,

This mixed-methods study used an integrated approach to investigate the drivers that impact the transition from student to child welfare professional and factors that motivated a highly trained cohort of child welfare professionals to stay or leave the child welfare workforce (post one–year employment).

Izuka MO, Olatona FA, Adeniyi OF, Onajole AT - Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care,

This study was conducted to determine and compare the nutritional status of children living in orphanages and children living in the host communities in Nigeria.

Elevate Children Funders Group and Global Philanthropy Project with the research team Sentiido,

This report explores how gender-restrictive groups are using child protection rhetoric to manufacture moral panic and mobilize against human rights, and how this strengthens the illiberal politics currently undermining democracies.

Georgia Philip, Stuart Bedston, Lindsay Youansamouth, John Clifton, Karen Broadhurst, Marian Brandon, Yang Hu - Nuffield Foundation,

This mixed methods research project, involving twenty participating local authorities and eight voluntary organisations from a wide geographic spread across England, was carried out between 2017 and 2019. The study was designed to investigate fathers and their recurring appearance in care proceedings at a macro, meso and micro level, with each element collecting and analysing data for distinct but related research questions.

Armeda Stevenson Wojciak and Jeffrey Waid - Child & Family Social Work,

The current study utilized survey data to determine if respondent characteristics and inter‐rater agreement on measures of important relationships were associated with resilience among child welfare‐involved youth.

Simon Carswell - The Irish Times,

"One-third of foster carers have said that a lack of structure for their foster children during the Covid-19 pandemic has been a challenge, according to a new survey," says this article from the Irish Times.

A group of civil society organizations (CSOs),

Between March and May 2021 there will be a global consultation with children and young people to feed into the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion 2021 on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care.

Care Leavers' Community - Udayan Care,

The Care Leavers' Community is hosting a Care Leavers' Cafe on 28 February at 13:30 GMT.

Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond,

ICB is presently receiving manuscripts for their September 2021, March 2022 and September 2022 issues, which aim to include research contributions along relevant subjects within Alternative Care in South Asia.

Maritta Törrönen - The British Journal of Social Work,

The interview data gathered in this study explored young adults’ well-being during the transition period from care to independent living under an English local authority and in Finland.