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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Family for Every Child,

Family for Every Child is looking for an experienced researcher to produce a report on the context for children in Sri Lanka, including recommendations for strong CSOs working on care for children.

Family for Every Child,

Family for Every Child is looking for an experienced researcher to produce a report on the context for children in Bangladesh, including recommendations for strong CSOs working on care for children.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a professionally qualified and experienced child protection officer with social work and research skills and ideally experience or familiarity in massive open online courses development.

UNICEF,

The Child Protection Section, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to document evidence based and promising practices and strengthen knowledge generation, management and sharing on child protection in the East Asia and Pacific Region.

African Child Policy Forum (ACPF),

This report has two aims: (1) examine how well African governments are delivering on their promises and commitments to children and (2) provide a comprehensive, quantitative and qualitative view of the current realities and trends in the state of child wellbeing in Africa, and their implications for the future.

Morgan E. Cooley, Heather M. Thompson, Elliot Newell - Child & Youth Care Forum,

The purpose of this paper is to examine the importance of social support for foster parents, in regards to confidence and satisfaction, as well as perceived challenges with fostering.

Miyoung Yoon, Anna E. Bender, Jiho Park - Children and Youth Services Review,

The present systematic review examines the current literature on the association between out-of-home placement and offending behavior among youth with Child Protection Services maltreatment reports in the US.

BBC News,

In this video from BBC News, Vladimir Hernandez visits the capital city of Caracas in Venezuela to investigate the situation of mothers and children who have been impacted by Venezuela's humanitarian crisis. 

Yo Jackson, Austen McGuire, Angela M. Tunno, P. Kalani Makanui - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This paper reviews research on child maltreatment over a recent 10-year span to identify trends in maltreatment assessment and operationalization.

Gerry Byrne, Michelle Sleed, Nick Midgley, Pasco Fearon, Clare Mein, Anthony Bateman, Peter Fonagy - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry,

This article introduces an innovative mentalization-based treatment (MBT) parenting intervention for families where children are at risk of maltreatment.