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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International Foster Care Organization ,

Outlines additional actions and considerations foster care workers should follow when implementing the IFCO Guidelines for Foster Care.

UN General Assembly A/RES/64/142,

The Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children were endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 20th November 2009, in connection with the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

UN General Assembly A/RES/64/142,

The Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children were endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 20th November 2009, in connection with the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

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French translation of series of tools for rapid assessment of child protection needs in emergencies.

Inter-Agency Standing Committee,

Guidelines for a multi-sectoral response to the most urgent mental health and psychosocial issues in emergency situations.

Interagency Working Group on Unaccompanied and Separated Children ,

The Guidelines from the IAWG provide some of the strongest direction for ensuring emergency efforts protect family unity and avoid child-family separation. Where family unity can not be preserved, these guidelines instruct on tracing and family reunification, care arrangements, durable arrangements, special issues related to refugee children, and promotion of children’s rights.

Family Health International,

Manual aims to develop awareness, reinforce knowledge, and assist those designing, implementing, or managing programs for children and youth affected by poverty, HIV and AIDS, and other diseases.

Save the Children UK,

Brief recognizes the potential opportunities ICA can provide a child but examines the problems and risks frequently associated with the practice.

Nginza International,

Request for best practice examples for use in case studies

M. Norberg, A. Sahlback; Contributions from L. Fox and R. Gotestam for UNICEF,

This folder contains guidance and planning and assessment tools to implement reform of national social care financing from institutionalized care to a family and community-based framework.