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 Alliance for Child Protection and Humanitarian Action,

Join this webinar and discussion on Family Strengthening in the time of Covid-19: Programmatic Adaptations to Support Families in Need. This webinar will include presentations on program adaptations from Family Strengthening Task Force member organisations and open discussion on challenges and best practices. 

Keeping Children Safe,

Keeping Children Safe is organising free online webinars on the subject of Child Safeguarding and COVID-19 – available wherever you are in the world.

Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research,

The Guest Editors of this special issue welcome empirical and theoretically-informed contributions that adopt local and global perspectives and investigate the conceptual and practical implications of adoption and appropriation experiences. 

Sarah Banks, Tian Cai, Ed de Jonge, Jane Shears, Michelle Shum, Ana M. Sobočan, Kim Strom, Rory Truell, María Jesús Úriz, Merlinda Weinberg - International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW),

This report summarises the findings of an international study of the ethical challenges faced by social workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, undertaken during 6th-18th May 2020.

Victoria Hoyle, Elizabeth Shepherd, Elizabeth Lomas, Andrew Flinn - Child & Family Social Work,

This article reports the findings of MIRRA, a participatory research project on the memory and identity dimensions of social care recordkeeping.

Joana Salifu Yendork - New Ideas in Psychology,

In the present paper, the Ecological Systems Theory is used to depict different vulnerabilities associated with orphanhood in the Ghanaian context.

Ashley Curry - Children and Youth Services Review,

Using in-depth interviews and participant observation over a two-year period, this study explores workers’ experiences of and strategies for ending relationships with youth in an independent living program.

Hope and Homes for Children,

This webinar will be the first in a series of webinars for anyone looking to make a positive impact by delivering or advocating for child care reform in Asia. This webinar will make the case for care reform including the challenges and opportunities presented by Covid-19.

National Family Support Network,

The National Family Support Network has developed this training to address the challenges, and maximize the great potential, of Parent Advisory Committees.

COVID-19 Case Management MOOC Taskforce,

In this course, you’ll enhance your understanding of the heightened protection risks and vulnerabilities that children are facing around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.