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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Feinian Chen -- The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis ,

This study uses data from The China Health and Nutrition Survey to determine trends in grandparents’ provision of childcare. 

Mike Stein, Australian Social Work, 2014, Vol. 67, No. 1, 24–38,

This study compares the data on young people transitioning from out of home care from 9 non-communist European countries examined in the INTRAC document with 14 post-communist countries reviewed in the SOS and INTRAC publications. 

Lumos,

This report provides a summary of work undertaken by Lumos - together with governmental authorities, international partners, local medical professionals and families - to ensure that all children born with hydrocephalus receive the life-saving treatment they need, and which is their fundamental human right. 

Rebecca Surtees, NEXUS Institute - United Nations Inter-agency Project on Human Trafficking,

This study, coordinated by the United Nations Inter-agency Project on Human Trafficking, draws findings from in-depth interviews with 252 trafficked persons about their experiences of (re)integration, including successes and challenges, as well as future plans and aspirations. 

Responsibletravel.com,

Responsibletravel.com, a travel company operating from the UK since 2001 has issued Guidelines for partner operators for volunteering directly with vulnerable children, including in the context of orphanage volunteering.

UNICEF ,

This Report from the international ministerial conference, held in Sofia, 21–22 November 2012, entitled 'Ending the placement of children under three in institutions: support nurturing families for all young children', brings together the presentations, political commitments and priority actions identified by the participants, including 20 governments from Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

UNICEF,

RapidFTR is a versatile open-source mobile phone application and data storage system that seeks to expedite the Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) process by helping humanitarian workers collect, sort and share information about unaccompanied and separated children in emergency situations so they can be registered for care services and reunited with their families.

Florence Martin,

This report documents the work conducted by Save the Children in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs over a period of 7 years to strengthen the national child protection system and change the underlying paradigm for that system away from over-reliance on residential care and towards child and family centered responses.

Monica Ruiz-Casares,

This report summarizes the findings of a study on parental and alternative childcare in Luang Prabang and Xayabury provinces in Northern Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

European Network of Omubudspersons for Children (ENOC),

Le médiateur pour les enfants de 33 pays a envoyé une lettre à l'Union européenne invitant l'Union européenne et le Conseil de l'Europe d'agir pour protéger les enfants demandeurs d'asile en Europe, qui forme un groupe très vulnérable. Le Réseau européen des médiateurs pour enfants (ENOC) a mis en garde et rappele que par le passe les enfants qui voyagent à travers l'Europe ont ete victimes de violence, de trafic, de  traumatismes, et ont parfois trouve  la mort. ENOC a établi un groupe de travail pour surveiller la situation de ces enfants.