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
Highlighted Documents
Nigeria Country Brief on Children's Living Arrangements
Snapshot of Children's Living Arrangements

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Deinstitutionalization, Social Protection and the SDGs: The Way Forward
The Permanent Mission of New Zealand and the Delegation of the European Union ,

The Permanent Mission of New Zealand and the Delegation of the European Union will be hosting a Side Event during the 8th Conference of States Parties to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entitled: ‘Deinstitutionalization, Social Protection and the SDGs: The Way Forward.’

Country Care Review: Netherlands
Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

Jumping Hurdles: the myriad of issues and barriers for incarcerated mothers to regain custody of children
Una Stone, Marg Liddell, and Marietta Martinovic - Justice Policy Journal, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2015,

This paper describes the myriad of issues and barriers that Australian mothers face on exiting prison in their attempts to regain parental responsibility of their children.

Country Care Review: Eritrea
Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

Country Care Review: Mexico
Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Measuring Georgia’s Child Protection Reforms
ChildPact,

The Georgian Coalition for Children and Youth Welfare presented the report ‘Georgia: The Child Protection Index: Measuring the Fulfillment of a Child’s Rights’ at a public event on June 5.

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A Few More Comments on the Establishment and Operation of Baby Boxes in the Czech Republic
Karel Attl - Journal of Nursing, Social Studies, Public Health and Rehabilitation,

In this article, the author offers a response to the recommendations made to the government of the Czech Republic by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Legal Motherhood and Parental Responsibility: A Comparative Study on the Tensions between Scientific Knowledge, Social Reality and Personal Identity
Christine Budzikiewicz, Machteld M. Vonk - Social Science Research Network,

This article explores the use of baby boxes in Germany and the Netherlands.

Institutionalization of children in Kenya: A child rights Perspective - Does institutionalization of children in Kenya neglect a child rights based approach?
Stephen Ucembe - International Institute of Social Studies,

This essay examines institutional care not as a structure or facility, but as a model of care and protection for orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya.

Foster care finally comes for children in India
Sobhana K Nair - Bangalore Mirror ,

India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has circulated to the state governments, for the first time, guidelines on foster care following a national consultation on June 3 2015.

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