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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Andrew E. Kramer, Maria Varenikova - New York Times,

Some surrogate mothers are trapped by the fighting as their due dates near. And newborns face uncertain fates, with many biological parents now unable to travel to Ukraine.

Ruth Edmonds, Alfred Ochaya, Nicola Sansom,

This article explores the role resilience processes play in education and well-being outcomes for street-connected children. It draws on research and practice undertaken as part of the Building with Bamboo Programme (BwB) on resilience. BwB investigated the forms a resilience-based approach might usefully take in practice, the effect this has on promoting resilience in children, and how this resilience leads to improved outcomes in their lives.

Child Rights NGO Coalition Hungary,

Это руководство предназначено для молодых людей и их семей, спасающихся бегством от конфликта в Украине в Венгрию. Он содержит основные практические вопросы и ответы, чтобы помочь тем, кто нуждается в немедленной помощи по прибытии в Венгрию. Этот ресурс был составлен Гражданской коалицией за права ребенка, крупнейшей в Венгрии профессиональной сетью гражданского общества по правам ребенка.

Child Rights NGO Coalition Hungary,

Цей посібник розроблено для молодих людей та їхніх сімей, які тікають від конфлікту в Україні до Угорщини. Він містить основні практичні запитання та відповіді, щоб допомогти тим, хто потребує негайної допомоги після прибуття в Угорщину. Цей ресурс був складений Громадянською коаліцією за права дитини, найбільшою професійною мережею громадянського суспільства в Угорщині з прав дитини.

Child Rights NGO Coalition Hungary,

Ez az útmutató azoknak a fiataloknak és családtagjaiknak készült, akik az ukrajnai konfliktus elől Magyarországra menekülnek. Alapvető gyakorlati kérdésekkel és válaszokkal segíti azokat, akiknek Magyarországra érkezéskor azonnali segítségre van szükségük. Ezt a forrásanyagot a Civil Koalíció a Gyermekjogiért Magyarország legnagyobb gyermekjogi szakmai hálózata, a Civil Koalíció a Gyermekjogiért állította össze.

Child Rights NGO Coalition Hungary,

This guide is designed for young people and their families fleeing the conflict in Ukraine to Hungary. It provides basic practical questions and answers to help those who need immediate assistance upon arrival in Hungary. This resource was compiled by the Civil Coalition for the Rights of the Child, Hungary's largest civil society professional network on the rights of the child.

Saleyha Ahsan - Lancet,

In this Lancet article, the author Saleyha Ahsan highlights the growing threat faced by Ukraine's 7·5 million children as the conflict continues. Children are being killed or wounded through direct attacks by Russian military or they have been forced to flee their homes to an uncertain future. In a statement to The Lancet, WHO called for international humanitarian and human rights law to be upheld. “The number of civilians, including children, dying as a result of the military offensive in Ukraine keeps rising. This must stop. The protection of civilians must be priority number one.”

Melody Schreiber - The Guardian,

As many as 20% of all child deaths from Covid in the US have occurred during the Omicron surge of the pandemic. Children seem to be facing increasing risks from COVID-19 even as mask mandates drop across the country, and vaccination rates among children stall out at alarmingly low rates.

OCHA,

This report is produced by OCHA Ukraine in collaboration with humanitarian partners.
It covers the period from 3 p.m. (EET) 10 March to 3 p.m. (EET) 11 March.

Sue Mitchell - BBC News,

Traffickers are targeting parentless children on the Ukraine-Poland border, says a group evacuating orphanages in the war zone.