Namibia

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 2.403 million
  • Population under 15: 37%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 64.8 years
  • Human Development Index: 126 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Upper Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 16%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.2 members
  • Female-Headed Households: 44%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years):  7%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2013

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Rachel Tainsh & Jonathan Watkins - HealthProm,

This report is the result 4 of a two-year EU funded project “An Early Years Support Centre (EYSC) service in Dushanbe: Reducing poverty, empowering vulnerable families, strengthening partnerships and advocating for rights”. It outlines the model of support that was developed through the EYSC project in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. 

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,

This working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child examines child neglect and its impacts. 

Anna Spector and Fiona Brook - Mkombozi,

Executive Summary

Channa M.W. Al, Geert Jan J.M. Stams, Miranda S. Bek, Esther M. Damen, Jessica J. Asscher, Peter H. van der Laan - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study aimed to establish the effect of brief, in-home intensive family preservation programs on prevention of out-of-home placement, family functioning, child behavior problems and social support.

World Vision,

This report summarises findings from a recent online survey conducted with over 300 international travellers to Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam. 

Mr. Oum Sophannara, Director of the Child Welfare Department Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation,

This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the alternative care situation in Cambodia, including residential and family-based care. 

Ministry of Gender and Child Development - Zambia,

This report was conducted to provide an extensive assessment designed to map the existing child protection system in Zambia. 

Robert H. Gilligan - Social Work Forum,

This paper describes Ireland’s successful implementation of a policy of de-institutionalization of out-of-home care for children.

Andriamaro F et Delaunay V. ,

A Madagascar, les ménages nucléaires représentent le modèle dominant au détriment des ménages élargis.Néanmoins, les structures familiales et leurs évolutions restent mal connues et, dans un contexte de déstructuration familiale (divorce, décès), la question de la prise en charge des enfants reste majeure. 

Cluster de Protection, Groupe de Travail sur la Protection de l'Enfance,

Les Standards minimum pour la protection de l'enfance dans l'intervention humanitaire ont ete developpes pour soutenir les activites en matiere de protection de l'enfance dans les situation d'urgence. Ils visent notamment a etablir des principes communs pour tous les acteurs et a renforcer la coordination entre eux.