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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Rachel Breman, Ann MacRae, and Dave Vicary - Children Australia,

This paper presents findings from research with 101 kinship carers to gain a better understanding of how family violence was impacting on children and families in kinship care in Victoria, Australia.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Specialist in Nepal. 

Kari Vik (KV), Vickfarajaeli Zebedayo Daudi (VZD), Lusajo Joel Kajula (LJK), Rolf Rohde (RR), Omary Said Ubuguyu (OSU), Joseph Ndukusi Saibulu (JNS) - Infancy and Caring,

This paper aims at describing how caregivers at an institution for motherless infants in rural Tanzania perceive infancy, caring and sensitivity in their everyday context.

Merav Jedwab, Anusha Chatterjee, Terry V. Shaw - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study presents findings from a survey of child welfare caseworkers' experiences with reunifications and focuses on practices and key factors at the casework practice and at the system-environment level to assist in achieving successful reunification.

Armeda Stevenson Wojciak, Bryan P. Range, Dumayi M. Gutierrez, Nathan A. Hough, Casey M. Gamboni - Journal of Family Issues,

This study analyzes semistructured interviews of 15 foster parents on how foster parents perceive the sibling relationships of youth in foster care and ways to promote these relationships.

Louise Tickle - The Guardian,

This article from the Guardian describes the lack of support that many kinship carers in the UK experience. 

Rise Learning Network,

In this webinar, Yashoda Upreti from Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), RISE member in Nepal, will share how the organization uses case management to provide a transparent monitoring and quality control system that facilitates a process to sustain actions to promote child protection, relying on teamwork and a strong child-centered approach.

Anouk Goemans, Mitch van Geel, Tom F. Wilderjans, Joost R. van Ginkel, Paul Vedder - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study reports the findings of a three-wave longitudinal study wherein the researchers examined the development of school engagement and analyzed which factors were predictive of school engagement in a sample of 363 Dutch foster children.

Christopher White - Crux,

The Holy See and other Catholic groups have called on the United Nations to ensure "an end to the detention of migrant and refugee children" as UN delegates negotiate on the Global Compact on Migration, according to this article from Crux.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Project Management Consultant in Child Protection.