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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Nadene Ghouri - BBC News,

This article from BBC News explores some of the issues surrounding intercountry adoption in Liberia.

Council of Europe and SOS-KD,

Call for participants for seminar at European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, 6-9 December

Department of Children’s Services Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development,

This technical assessment report uses a transformative social protection framework adapted for studying the provisions and practice in alternative care and adoption in Kenya.

EveryChild,

Evaluation of the need for increased understanding and inclusive responses to highly marginalized and separated children.

African Child Policy Forum,

Assessment of individual African government's performance in regards to child welfare.

UNICEF and Irish Aid,

Summary of past successes and future priorities in responding to children affected by HIV and AIDS

Siobhan E. Laird - Journal of Social Work,

Using Ghana as an illustrative case study, this article examines the ideology and intentions which underpin the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper required for approval by the IMF and World Bank to qualify for debt relief under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries initiative. This article critically examines the functions assigned to governmental and non-governmental agencies within the social sector generally and the Department of Social Welfare specifically.

Anthony Hodges, UNICEF,

Assesses constraints and opportunities for social protection programming regionally with particular consideration for child sensitive social protection.

MINISTERE DE LA SOLIDARITE NATIONALE, DU RAPATRIEMENT, DE LA RECONSTRUCTION NATIONALE, DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE HUMAINE ET DU GENRE,

Ce document décrit les principes, les objectifs, et les stratégies d’une politique nationale pour la protection des OEV au Burundi.

Agnès Binagwaho, Julia Noguchi, Marie-Noëlle Senyana-Mottier, Mary C. Smith Fawzi - JOINT LEARNING INITIATIVE ON CHILDREN AND HIV/AIDS,

The overall goal of this case study is to provide in sufficient detail the process that follows from initial ideas/ vision, government policy development, the creation of national strategic plan of action, local (district-level) program and work plan development, and ultimately program implementation, including monitoring and evaluation (M&E).