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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Leslie M. Tutty & Kendra Nixon - Children and Youth Services Review,

This exploratory secondary data analysis compares demographics, mental health/well-being, and protective mothering strategies of mothers who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) whose children were taken into care compared to those whose children were not to identify key characteristics associated with children being removed by child protective service (CPS) in Western Canada.

Yafit Sulimani-Aidan - Children and Youth Services Review,

Based on the resilience theory, which highlights the role of one’s social resources in fostering resilience, the current study explored the role of care leavers' formal and informal social networks during the transition to adulthood, from the point of view of 50 young adults and their social workers.

Emily T. Murray, Rebecca Lacey, Barbara Maughan & Amanda Sacke - BMC Public Health,

This study examined whether childhood out-of-home care was associated with all-cause mortality until the end of 2013 in the UK.

Dr. Delia Pop - Hope and Homes for Children, CAFO,

Este documento presenta 10 principios para ayudar a niños/as y familias vulnerables durante la pandemia de COVID-19.

Child Protection - Cox's Bazar Child Protection Sub-Sector,

This guidance note has been developed as a framework for minimum preparedness and response actions for a potential increase in the number of unaccompanied or separated children in need of alternative care in Bangladesh.

Rob Scheer - The Hill,

This opinion piece from The Hill discusses the "the rising wave of children who will enter the foster system" as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns put in place to curb its spread.

Caitlin Dickerson - The New York Times,

This article tells the story of a 10 year-old boy who arrived to the United States unaccompanied from Honduras and who was quickly deported back to the dangerous place he had fled.

Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and the Child Protection AoR,

Join the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and the Child Protection AoR for an introduction to the 2019 edition of the global Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action,

This webinar will present interagency guidance developed by the Community-Level Child Protection Task Force aimed at supporting child protection actors working with communities to keep children safe to adapt their programming to the contagious environment of COVID-19, in line with CPMS Standard 17. 

Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO),

Join this continuation of CAFO's last webinar, "10 Key Principles for Protecting Vulnerable Children and Families during a Global Pandemic, to hear how practitioners are helping vulnerable children during a global pandemic.