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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Elevate Children Funders Group,

The Elevate Children Funders Group is seeking a consultant to conduct a funding stream analysis in three low-income countries (Cambodia, Nepal, and Uganda) in order to get a clearer understanding for the role private and government funding plays in promoting (versus discouraging) different forms of family and alternative care.

Pennsylvania State University - The Network on Child Protection and Well-Being,

The purpose of this conference is to showcase recent biological advancements related to child maltreatment and other forms of trauma and chronic stress.

UNICEF,

Depuis le début de l’année 2015, plus d’un million de personnes ont traversé la méditerranée pour rejoindre l’Europe. Près d’une personne sur cinq ayant rejoint les côtes européennes est un enfant…

Hope & Homes for Children and EuroChild,

To better understand the situation of children in institutional care in Greece, Roots Research Centre, the national coordinator of Opening Doors for Europe's Children, conducted the first nation-wide mapping of institutional and residential care in Greece. The study revealed "a patchwork" of public and private institutions and residential care facilities with little or no oversight of quality and no monitoring of the numbers of children and what happens to them. 

Svetlana Shpiegel, Kerrie Ocasio - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study employed a cluster analysis to identify subpopulations in a large, national sample of 17-year-old youth in the USA based on the following indicators: educational attainment, connection to a supportive adult, adolescent parenthood, homelessness, substance abuse referral and incarceration.

Beth Bradford, Global Social Service Workforce Alliance & Better Care Network - ISPCAN European Conference,

This presentation was given by Beth Bradford at the ISPCAN European Conference in September 2015.

Dr (habil) Maria Herczog, President of Eurochild, Former member of the UNCRC Committee,

This presentation was given at the ISPCAN Conference in Bucharest, Romania in September 2015. The presentation reviews similarities and differences in national care reform efforts in the Eastern Europe region, highlights the main care-related issues in the region 25 years ago, describes the reforms and improvements made in the region as well as the challenges and responses to reforms, and provides recommendations for the way forward.

ISPCAN,

ISPCAN will be hosting its 14th Annual European Regional Conference in Bucharest, Romania - 25 years after the political shifts in Eastern Europe. The conference, as well as the prestigious key-note speakers, will target collaborative ways to prevent violence against children.  

PEPFAR,

On 26 September 2015, PEPFAR launched ambitious new HIV prevention targets and announced that the program is now investing nearly half a billion dollars to support an AIDS-free future for adolescent girls and young women.

CPC Learning Network and the International Institute for Child Rights and Development,

On September 24, 2015, the CPC Learning Network hosted a webinar about measuring the separation of children from their families in emergency settings.