Kenya

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 44.86 million
  • Population under 15: 42%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 62 years
  • Human Development Index: 145 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Lower Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 5.3%
  • Mean Household Composition: 3.9 members
  • Female-Headed Households: 32%
  • Early Marriage (% of girls married by 15 years): 29%

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

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Michelle Pountney - Herald Sun,

Victoria, Australia considers a proposal wherein professional foster carers could be paid to look after some of the state's most vulnerable and troubled children. 

Haksoon Ahn, Samantha Hartzel, Terry Shaw - Research on Social Work Practice,

This study evaluates one mid-Atlantic state’s implementation of a FGDM called family involvement meetings (FIMs) to improve family strengths and their active engagement in the service planning process.

Carol Emig - The Huffington Post,

In this opinion article from Huffington Post, Carol Emig states that there are millions of refugee children around the world who need protection.  She cites Moving Beyond Trauma: Child Migrants and Refugees in the U.S., which states that more than a 127,000 children will enter into the U.S. by the end of 2016. 

Melissa Prax - Newsy,

In this video, Newsy discusses UNICEF's recent report that there are now 50 million displaced children worldwide.

Alexander Smith - NBC News,

This news report for NBC News states that a new UN report shows that children make up half of the world's refugee population.  

Inter-agency group on children's reintegration,

This document is a statement in support of the Guidelines on Children's Reintegration. 

Inter-agency group on children's reintegration - Emily Delap and Joanna Wedge,

These Guidelines build on several existing care policies, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

Bright Magazine,

Groups from across the East African country are working to build systems of "alternative care" for children living outside ther families. But do these efforts stand a chance next to the business of international adoption?

Jacob Lind - Sage Journals,

This article discusses how children's political agency manifests in everyday life. It shows how children who become aware of their legal status as 'deportable' reject this subject position and offer their own definitions of who they are and where they belong. 

Jacob Lind - Sage Publications,

This article discusses how children’s political agency manifests in everyday life. It shows how children who become aware of their legal status as ‘deportable’ reject this subject position and offer their own definitions of who they are and where they belong. Simultaneously, it is argued that children with varying degrees of knowledge about their legal status also express political agency through their struggle to sustain the inclusion they experience.