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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Elizabeth Fernandez, Paul Delfabbro, Ioana Ramia and Szilvia Kovacs - Children and Youth Services Review ,

This paper reports the findings from an Australian study that examined longitudinal data on reasons for entry to care, trajectories in care and patterns of reunification and associated factors.

Elizabeth Fernandez, Paul Delfabbro, Ioana Ramia, Szilvia Kovacs - Children in Youth Services Review,

This paper reports the findings of an Australian study that examined longitudinal data on reasons for entry to care, trajectories in care and patterns of reunification and associated factors.

News Ghana,

Ghanaian children called on the government to appropriately implement policies designed to protect children from being forced into acts that deprive them of their livelihoods and interfere with their ability to attend regular school.

Resilience Research Centre,

RRC will be holding Pathways to Resilience IV in Cape Town, South Africa on June 14-16, 2017.

4Children - Catholic Relief Services ,

This publication provides a description of 4Children's approach to case management for children orphaned or made vulnerable to HIV and their families.

Stahili,

This Stahili article reports on the 75th session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and its recommendations to seven countries on alternative care. 

Kate Lyons - The Guardian,

Homeless immigrant families approaching local athorities for housing in the U.K. have been told social services would accommodate the children but not their parents.

Susan Chinitz, Hazel Guzman, Ellen Amstutz, Joaniko Kohchi, Miriam Alkon - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This article describes and evaluates a model utilizing Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) to minimize the impact of early trauma for infants and toddlers removed from parental care. 

Marsha Kline. Pruett, Kyle D. Pruett, Carolyn P. Cowan, Philip A. Cowan - Child Development Perspectives,

In this article, researchers summarize what is known about engaging fathers in parenting programs, then argue that programs are most effective when coparenting is the focus early in family formation.

Manuela Garcia Quiroga, Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis, Margarita Ibañez Fanés - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The aim of this study was to compare outcomes for children living in three different types of care in Chile: biological parental care, residential care, and foster care.