Nigeria

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 173,620,000
  • Population under 15: 46%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 52.5 years
  • Human Development Index: 152 out of 187
  • World Bank Status: Lower Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 3.2%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.6 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 19%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 49%

Sources: World Bank, UNDP, UNAIDS, DHS 2013

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Kwaku Oppong Asante - Global Social Welfare,

This study was conducted to understand the lived experiences of street children and adolescents.

Christian Alliance for Orphans,

This short white paper by CAFO seeks to help readers accurately understand and carefully present orphan-related statistics.

Human Rights First,

This article from Human Rights First highlights the harmful impact that the detention of asylum-seeking families in the US has on children.

UNICEF Belgrade,

UNICEF Belgrade is inviting national social policy institutes, research organizations and NGOs for developing a comprehensive study on drivers and determinants of violence against children.

UNICEF Belgrade,

UNICEF Belgrade office is seeking proposals from qualified International social policy institutes, research organizations and NGOs for developing a comprehensive study on drivers and determinants of violence against children.

ColorLines,

According to this article from Color Lines, health officials in the state of Texas in the US “have been refusing to issue birth certificates to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants” and a district judge has just ruled that officials can continue to withhold these documents from children. A group of immigrant families have filed a lawsuit and the case will now proceed to trial.

UNICEF,

This event will discuss how the new Sustainable Development Goals aiming to end extreme poverty and halve child poverty in all its dimensions can be measured and implemented.

Anne M. Maaskant, Floor B. van Rooij, Henny M.W. Bos & Jo M.A. Hermanns - Journal of Social Work Practice: Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Health, Welfare and the Community,

In this study 59 children between 10 and 18 years placed in long term foster care in the Netherlands completed standardized questionnaires on the relationship with their parents respectively foster parents and their wellbeing.

Sujoy Dhar and Nita Bhalla - Thomson Reuters Foundation,

A spokesperson for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity (MoC) has announced that the MoC will be terminating their adoption services in India in response to new government rules that have made it easier for single, divorced, and separated people to adopt children, according to the article. 

UNICEF,

Quasiment invisibles parmi les milliers de réfugiés qui arrivent jour après jour en Europe dans l’espoir d’y trouver la sécurité et une vie meilleure, les enfants qui arrivent sans parents ou sans aucun autre adulte pour les accompagner forment un groupe spécial – les mineurs non accompagnés – dont chaque membre a une histoire particulière et besoin d’une aide spécifique. Nous vous présentons quelques-uns d’entre eux.