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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Michael Savage - The Guardian,

This article describes a "financial crunch engulfing local councils" in the UK which is leading "cash-strapped councils" to eliminate preventive services like parenting support groups and classes, youth schemes and Sure Start centres.

Josephine D. Kliewer-Neumann, Janin Zimmermann, Ina Bovenschen, Sandra Gabler, Katrin Lang, Gottfried Spangler and Katja Nowacki - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health,

In the current study, several assessments for attachment disorder symptoms are used within a German sample of foster children after being exposed to neglect and maltreatment in their biological families.

Jeremy Loudenback - The Chronicle of Social Change,

A youth-led organization, Oregon Foster Youth Connection, in the state of Oregon, USA has "announced recommendations designed to improve the state’s foster care system as it prepares to introduce legislation during the next legislative session" at their biannual conference

UNICEF,

Under the supervision of the Regional Advisor Monitoring and Evaluation and in close collaboration with the Child Protection team, the consultant will be responsible for working with Country Offices to improve evidence and data generation on key child protection issues, including but not limited to relevant SDG and UNICEF Strategic Plan indicators related to access to justice for children, children in alternative care, data on violence against children, including gender-based violence, and child marriage. 

Gauri Nagpal & Dr. Supreet Kaur - IJRAR- International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews,

This paper brings to fore the need to compile an accurate and comprehensive database for children living in institutional care in India.

Leyla Ismayilova & Leyla Karimli - Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology ,

This study tests the effects of economic intervention—alone and in combination with a family-focused component—on parenting outcomes and children’s reports of violence in rural Burkina Faso.

Marit Skivenes & Milfrid Tonheim - Child & Family Social Work,

In this paper, the authors examine if and how care order proceedings could be improved in England, Finland, Norway, and California, USA, asking the judiciary decision‐makers about their views on what should be improved.

Jordan M.Braciszewski, Golfo K. Tzilos Wernette, Roland S. Moore, Beth C.Bock, Robert L. Stout, Patricia Chamberlain - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study describes the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of iHeLP, a computer- and mobile phone-based intervention based in Motivational Interviewing for reducing substance use among youth exiting foster care. 

PUSKAPA and CPC Learning Network,

The VOICE Committee invites submissions for presentation of academic research, policy review and recommendation, or program implementation in the area of Climate Change and Migration, Social Norms, and Children and Technology. 

International Youth Foundation,

This video presents an exchange of lessons and experiences between youth and adult representatives of Nebraska Children and Families Foundation in the United States and Doncel Asociación Civil in Argentina, highlighting authentic youth engagement in addressing the needs of former foster youth.