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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Inter-Agency Standing Committee Gender-based Violence (GBV) Guidelines,

This page on the website for the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Gender-based Violence (GBV) Guidelines contains COVID-19-specific resources and pulls from the knowledge-base of ebola, zika and cholera outbreaks.

Changing the Way We Care,

Este recurso de Changing the Way We Care ofrece una guía en la adaptación y/o el desarrollo de servicios y programas para continuar atendiendo de mejor forma a los NNA y las familias durante este periodo de tiempo de cambio constante, particularmente en el monitoreo virtual de niños, niñas, adolescentes, sus familias y para el personal de hogares de protección durante la pandemia de COVID-19.

Changing the Way We Care,

Este documento de Changing the Way We Care utiliza un marco ecológico para mostrar como la pandemia del COVID-19 crisis podría afectar a los NNA, las familias y las comunidades y como ayudar a los programas a reorganizar, adaptar y priorizar las actividades de prevención y respuesta.

Changing the Way We Care,

This brief from Changing the Way We Care uses an ecological framework to help illustrate how the COVID-19 crisis might impact the children, families and communities and how to help programs adapt, reorganize and prioritize prevention and response activities.

RELAF,

This call to public authorities presents recommendations from RELAF for preventing family separation and implementing adequate care and protection measures to protect children’s rights put at risk by the pandemic and its implications.

Robyn Yaker and Dorcas Erskine - GBV AoR Helpdesk,

This note from the GBV AoR Helpdesk aims to provide practical support to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) practitioners to adapt GBV case management service delivery models quickly and ethically during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

World Health Organization (WHO),

This briefing from the World Health Organization (WHO) outlines actions for meeting the needs of people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Be Strong Families,

This webpage from Be Strong Families features resources for families during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Center for the Study of Social Policy,

In this statement on the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Center for the Study of Social Policy calls for more support for those who are likely to be hurt most by the current crisis, particularly low-income families.

UNICEF,

This page from the UNICEF website features the latest updates, explainers for parents and teachers, and resources for media related to COVID-19.