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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Tourism Concern: Action for Ethical Tourism ,

Better Volunteering, Better Care steering committee member Hope and Homes for Children, and project team member Daniela Papi participated in a panel on volunteering with children at this Tourism Concern event in the UK in October.

Cassie Landers Ed.D., MPH Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University,

This review aims at gaining a better understanding of the landscape of, and support efforts by, the Early Childhood Development and Violence Prevention communities through identifying networks, campaigns, movements, and initiatives

Zeina Allouche - The Legal Agenda,

This article offers commentary by alternative care expert Zeina Allouche outlining the responsibilities of care centres and the government of Lebanon under international law in regards to the abuses that occur in institutional settings. 

International Rescue Committee,

This report, informed by a field study conducted by the International Rescue Committee, provides a summary of findings and presents recommendations aimed at helping policy makers to improve the current and future response to the arrival of unaccompanied children from Central America to the United States.

STRIVE,

The Consultant will work with the project team as a subject matter expert, facilitator, and writer to produce the symposium and associated documentation.

UNICEF Rwanda,

The key objective of this consultancy is to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Rwanda and its partners in theTubarerere Mu Muruyango Programme (TMM, ‘Let us raise children in families’), to plan for the next ‘phase’ of the national Care Reform programme, based on reliable evidence and analysis of the current programme experience.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

The Communications Manager will be responsible for supporting the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance in developing and deploying strategies to communicate with and engage Alliance members and external audiences.  

M. Angeles Balsells, Crescencia Pastor, Pere Amorós, Ainoa Mateos, Carmen Ponce and Alicia Navajas - Social Sciences,

This study investigates the specific training needs of the biological family during the transition phase of the reunification process in which the child prepares to return home.

Ministere de la Justice,

La présente circulaire a pour objet de présenter les contours de la 'kafala' dans les pays d'origine, d'en préciser les effets en France et de rappeler les conditions dans lesquelles un enfant ayant fait l'objet d'un recueil légal et devenu français peut être adopté.

Vocativ,

In this video, Vocativ, in collaboration with MSNBC, went to Guangzhou, China, to meet some of the parents who had used baby hatches.