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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Children's Bureau,

This webinar series offers technical assistance to child welfare agencies in the US on how to use data to improve outcomes for children and families.

Ingunn Studsrød, Ingunn T. Ellingsen, Carolina Muñoz Guzmán and Sandra E. Mancinas Espinoza - Social Policy and Society,

This article presents findings from a cross-national study exploring how social workers in child welfare conceptualise ‘family’, and how they relate to ‘family’ in their practice.

Claire McCartan, Lisa Bunting, Paul Bywaters, Gavin Davidson, Martin Elliott and Jade Hooper - Social Policy and Society,

This study provides UK evidence for the relationship between kinship care and deprivation and examines how the welfare state frames kinship care in policy and practice.

Sarah Kinosian in Corral de Mulas - The Guardian,

This article from the Guardian describes the lasting impacts of family separation on one young girl from El Salvador, who immigrated to the US with her father and was then separated from him, even after reunification with her father.

Harvard Kennedy School,

In this interview, Jacqueline Bhabha, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an adjunct lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the impact of recent events on children and families.

Leonie Miller, Melanie Randle, Sara Dolnicar - The British Journal of Social Work,

This paper presents findings from a longitudinal study with seventy-five carers was conducted over twenty months, comparing placements that broke down to those that did not an identifying personal and family factors that increase the likelihood of foster placement success.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a temporary Child Protection Specialist in Nigeria.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Nigeria. 

Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children (CELCIS),

CELCIS is looking to recruit a child rights/welfare professional, to help shape and deliver their international work: securing the global implementation of the UN Guidelines for Alternative Care, and realising children’s rights through developments in policy, systems and practice.