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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Africa News Agency - SABC News,

925 children in Gauteng, South Africa have been left in institutions, primarily child and youth care centres (CYCC), as they await placement into foster care by the Gauteng social development department, according to this article.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance is seeking a national-level consultant for a mapping and assessment in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Vietnam.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance is seeking a regional consultant in East Asia and the Pacific.

Viktorija Cepukiene, Rytis Pakrosnis, Ginte Ulinskaite - Children and Youth Services Review,

A present study is aimed at evaluating changes of foster care adolescents' self-efficacy and psychological functioning during the solution-focused self-efficacy enhancement group intervention for adolescents.

Parolini A, Shlonsky A, Magruder J, Eastman AL, Wulczyn F, Webster D - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study examines the factors associated with guardianship breakdown for children who exited foster care to kinship guardianship in California between 2003 and 2010.

Viktorija Cepukiene, Rytis Pakrosnis, Ginte Ulinskaite - Children and Youth Services Review,

The present study is aimed at evaluating changes of foster care adolescents' self-efficacy and psychological functioning during the solution-focused self-efficacy enhancement group intervention for adolescents.

Jennifer Clarke, Sonia Mills Minster, Leyland Gudge - Today’s Youth and Mental Health,

This chapter explores the factors that are hidden behind the disproportionate numbers and considers the mental health impact of child removal on Black children, youth, and families in Ontario.

Miguel Ángel García-Martín, María J Fuentes, Isabel M Bernedo María D Salas - Journal of Social Work,

This study aims to give voice to parents and gather their views about contact visits in foster care.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Consultant in Germany.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Regional Child Protection Information Management Specialist in Senegal.