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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Amani C Kasherwa & Janestic M Twikirize - International Social Work,

This article critically examines Ritualistic child sexual abuse (RCSA) as a predatory form of child maltreatment and the lack of relevant child welfare interventions in the DRC to address it.

J. Schlabe, M. Kabban, D. Chapireau & K. Fan - British Dental Journal,

In this retrospective audit, the authors reviewed children below sixteen years who were admitted under oral and maxillofacial surgery for incision and drainage of a dental/facial abscess, under general anaesthesia, between January 2015 and January 2017, to understand if they had experienced dental neglect.

Xueqi Qu, Xiaona Huang, Yuning Yang, Chenlu Yang, Qiying Song, Xiaoli Liu, Yue Huang, Chunyi Chen, Meicen Liu, Hong Zhou - The Lancet,

This study aimed to assess the specific influence of migrant mothers on early child development, especially on social–emotional problems.

Nadhim Zahawi - UK Department for Education,

In this speech given at the launch of a "landmark package of support for young people leaving care," Nadhim Zahawi, the UK's Minister for Children and Families, spoke about a new initiative to increase support for care leavers in the UK.

Lindsay Zajac, K. Lee Raby, Mary Dozier - Child Maltreatment,

This study examined whether children with Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement who were in foster care had more advanced receptive vocabulary than children with CPS involvement who resided with their birth parents.

Amina Abubakar, Sadaf Shallwani, Stanley Wechuli Wanjala, Patrick Nzivo Mwangala, Moses Kachama Nyongesa - Developmental Science and Sustainable Development Goals for Children and Youth,

This paper presents community dialogues as a participatory research and program development strategy through which developmental scientists and local community partners can collaboratively surface, discuss, address, and evaluate child protection and well-being issues in their communities.

Lindsay Zajac, K. Lee Raby, Mary Dozier - Child Maltreatment,

In the current study, the authors examined whether children with Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement who were in foster care had more advanced receptive vocabulary than children with CPS involvement who resided with their birth parents.

Megan Wingfield & Ben Gurney-Smith - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry,

This study aimed to understand the experience of adoptive parents who have completed dyadic developmental psychotherapy (DDP) therapy.

Teresa Wiltz - Huffington Post,

"One in five children being raised by extended family members [in the US] — grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins — live in an immigrant household, more than half a million children, a new report shows," says this article from the Huffington Post. 

UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, CPC Learning Network, The World Bank, The Transfer Project and The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action,

This webinar reviews some of the new and ongoing work conducted under the Transfer Project, a multi-organizational research and learning initiative. The first presentation will summarize findings from recent reviews published on understanding linkages and impacts of cash transfers and social safety nets on intimate partner violence and violence against children in low- and middle income settings.