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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The European Parliament, the Intergroup on Children’s Rights and the EU Alliance for Investing in Children,

This manifesto calls on the Council of the EU and its Member States to be ambitious in the implementation the European Pillar of Social Rights, to adopt the Child Guarantee Council Recommendation as a matter of priority, and to ensure that the Child Guarantee starts being implemented six months from the adoption of the Recommendation.

Eurochild, International Step by Step Association, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), and Roma Education Fund (REF),

First Years First Priority is a Europe-wide campaign set up to advocate for prioritization of early childhood development in public policies, with a particular focus on families and children who are at greater risk of discrimination and exclusion. This briefing provides a description of the policy context in which the 'First Year, First Priority' campaign is launched.

Destination Unknown,

This guide analyses the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) through a child rights lens and outlines the measures foreseen in these documents (the Global Compacts) for the protection of the rights of the child.

Tarja Pösö, Marit Skivenes and June Thoburn - Research in Social Work series, Bristol University Press,

This book introduces general topics on human rights and attachment, as well as a country-specific in-depth analysis of the legal and policy imperatives guiding adoptions from care, with a particular interest on the rights of children and their care-taking adults, including their birth parents

Bethany Christian Services,

This report summarizes findings from a mixed-methods case study of innovations and challenges within four Bethany foster care locations in the U.S.: Atlanta, Georgia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Detroit, Michigan; and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

CPC Learning Network,

The Reconstructing Children’s Rights Institute is an online institute about dismantling racism, neo-colonialism, and patriarchy in humanitarian and development efforts to protect children and support families.

Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg - PsyArXi,

This study utilizes narrative and quantitative synthesis to review the scientific evidence on the associations between growing up in SOS villages and child development in various domains. Results showed developmental delays of SOS children compared with their peers in families. Compared to children in typical institutions SOS children do better on mental health but worse on physical growth. The preliminary evidence suggests that SOS Children’s Villages should move away from institutional arrangements to family care.

Linha Fala Criança,

Âmbito de aplicação: O âmbito deste resumo temático é examinar casos de uniões prematuras registados pela Linha Fala Criança, abrangendo o período de Fevereiro de 2018 a Novembro de 2020.

WLSA Moçambique,

Nesta pesquisa temos como objectivos centrais:
1. Identificar no contexto mundial, regional e nacional quais são as estratégias e as políticas públicas relativamente à situação das raparigas e mulheres.