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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Azi Paybarah - The New York Times,

According to this article from the New York Times, "a Pennsylvania [USA] man was sentenced on Thursday to more than 15 years in prison for abusing four underage girls in Kenya, where he had operated an orphanage for about a decade before returning home, the authorities said."

Hope and Homes for Children,

This video tells the story of Kaloyan and Maria, twins who spent the first five months of their lives in an orphanage because social prejudice and poor health meant their parents could not care for them alone.

Fardin Alipour, Negin Khoramdel, Maliheh Arshi, Mohammad Sabzi Khoshnami - Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services,

This research explored the experiences of the postmarital life of women with a history of residence in foster care centers. It was conducted using a qualitative content analysis.

Melanie Sage & Sebrena Jackson - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal,

This systematic narrative review of the literature reports on the experiences of foster youth regarding the use of Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as social media, focusing only on studies that include youth voice.

Catherine A. LaBrenz, Erin Findley, Genevieve Graaf, Philip Baiden, Jangmin Kim, Mi Jin Choi, Sreyashi Chakravarty - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study examined racial/ethnic disparities in reunification rates across U.S. child welfare systems controlling for child- and system-factors.

Priscilla Alvarez - CNN,

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed three executive orders "to rectify the consequences" of the previous "zero tolerance" immigration policy, including "establishing a task force designed to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border," according to this article from CNN.

Save the Children International,

This report presents the very first quantitative analysis of the risk of sexual violence against children in conflict for the period 1990-2019.

UNICEF Uruguay & INAU,

Study that investigates the situation of children and adolescents who have temporarily or permanently lost the care of their families and reside in INAU institutions: the reasons for admission, the length of stay, their family situation. In turn, this information is analyzed in conjunction with the response capacity of the institution (human resources and infrastructure).

Committee on the Investigation of Intercountry Adoption, Government of the Netherlands,

This report presents the results of an independent investigation into abuses in intercountry adoption in the Netherlands during the period 1967-1998, and the role of the Dutch government in this regard.

ChildFund Alliance, Eurochild, Save The Children, UNICEF, World Vision,

The perspectives and priorities of more than 10,000 children and young people, from within and outside the European Union (EU), are expressed powerfully throughout this report.