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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Ninoslava Pecnik - Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support,

This presentation from Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support describes the development of parenting support policy in Croatia.

Maureen Samms-Vaughan - Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support,

This presentation from Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support provides an overview of the National Approach to Parenting in Jamaica and the lessons learned from the program.

Jasmina Byrne and Alice Margaria - Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support,

This presentation by Jasmina Byrne and Alice Margaria of Innocenti, was given at Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support on 26-27 May 2014. 

Mary Daly - Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support,

This presentation by Mary Daly, a professor in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford, was given at Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support on 26-27 May 2014.

Rachel Bray - Innocenti, UNICEF Office of Research,

This report includes an outline of the discussion, activities, and conclusions from a two-day expert consultation on family and parenting support, organized by Innocenti, the UNICEF Office of Research.

Pete Pattisson - The Guardian,

This article, and corresponding 11-minute video, shed light on the rise in orphanage volunteering in Nepal, describing it as “a business model built on a double deception: the exploitation of poor families in rural Nepal and the manipulation of wealthy foreigners.”

Tamar Dinisman,

Many young people rely on their parents when they transition into adulthood.  Young people transitioning out of alternative care rarely have that option. 

NTV Kenya,

The video presents a news clip from NTV Kenya reporting on recent changes in Kenyan adoption policy.

Girl Hub,

This tooklit provides a comprehensive guide to designing safe programmes specifically for adolescent girls.

Avner Giladi - Child Abuse and Neglect Journal, Volume 38, Issue 4,

This article outlines a few of the common values and principles that provide the foundation for Muslim understandings of child–adult relationships and approaches to child protection and nurture.