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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UNICEF,

This press release from UNICEF highlights an inter-agency high-level event commemorating the two year anniversary of the introduction of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.

 

Nevbahar Ertas & Susan Shields - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses data from the 2005 National Household Education Survey to examine the effects of child care subsidies on the enrollment of low-income children in early childhood education programs.

Noora Barakat - American Bar Association,

This paper explores malnutrition among children in foster care in the U.S. and programs and interventions that help to improve the nutritional health of children in foster care.

Thomas Hammarberg, Commissaire aux droits de l’homme du Conseil de l’Europe,

Selon le Commissaire europeen Thomas Hammarberg il importe que le processus de désinstitutionnalisation amroce depuis quelques annees se poursuive et respecte toujours l’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant. Des modes de prise en charge adaptés doivent être établis et soutenus par les autorités, même en période de crise économique.

Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, Kingdom of Cambodia,

This Prakas is intended to define roles and responsibilities of relevant competent agencies and establish procedures, operational guides, and forms to implement the Policy on Alternative Care for Children.

UNICEF and Ministry of Women & Children’s Affairs, Ghana ,

This comprehensive situation analysis provides an overview of issues related to public policy, social budget, and service delivery environment affecting children and women in Ghana.

The Columbia Group for Children in Adversity,

This presentation describes research undertaken in Sierra Leone by an inter-agency group to map the child protection system in the country, including the community-based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) in place.

Philip Goldman - Maestral International,

This presentation describes the mapping of the child protection system in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Permanency Planning for Children Department, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges,

This process evaluation of the King County Parents for Parents Program (P4P) examines the program’s efficacy and suggests areas for continued improvement.

Save the Children,

This report provides the initial findings of a Child Protection Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Study commissioned by Save the Children (SC) as part of the project “Educating and Protecting Vulnerable Children in Family Settings in Liberia” (2010-2014).