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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Anas Aremeyaw Anas ,

Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas went undercover at an orphanage in Ghana to expose abuses and corruption. This video documents his experience.

Jini Roby, Semillas de Esperanza Guatemala de Buckner Internacional y la Escuela de Estudios Judiciales, del Organismo Judicial de Guatemala,

Este taller está diseñado para entrenar los expertos técnicos en los valores y principios básicos involucrados en la labor del trabajo de Protección de  Niñez y Adolescencia.

Mette Ejrnæs - University of Copenhagen Department of Economics ,

The University of Copenhagen Department of Economics is conducting an externally funded research project on the effectiveness of interventions for children living in out-of-home care.

Diane Cole- NPR ,

This piece, from the U.S. National Public Radio’s “Goats and Soda: Stories of Life in a Changing World” series, tells the story of a woman in Afghanistan suffering from extreme poverty who is forced to make the decision to give up her infant.

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of the third to fifth periodic reports of Uruguay (CRC/C/URY/3-5).

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of the third to fifth combined periodic reports of Tanzania (CRC/C/TZA/3-5).

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of the fourth periodic reports of Switzerland (CRC/C/CHE /2-4).

Better Care Network,

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

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of the consolidated third and fourth periodic reports of Jamaica (CRC/C/JAM/3-4).

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of the combined second and third periodic reports of The Gambia (CRC/C/GAM/2-3).