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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Kalinda Brenda - KT Press,

At convening of the Global First Ladies Alliance in New York, Rwanda's First Lady Jeannette Kagame shared the successes of Rwanda's care reform. 

Tiffany Ann Breckenridge, Christine Black-Hughes, John Rautenbach, Michelle McKinley - International Social Work,

This qualitative study explores 49 orphaned children who were observed in a non-governmental organization group setting in a small, rural village located in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Melanie Randle, Leonie Miller & Sara Dolnicar - Child & Family Social Work,

The purpose of this study is to determine which factors associated with foster care agencies contribute to higher levels of foster carer satisfaction.

Diane Mushimiyimana - The New Times,

Inter-country adoption has been reinstated in Rwanda after government updated structures and mechanisms required under the Hague Convention. 

Dawn Foster - The Guardian ,

Negative headlines about children in foster care and those who care for them are only further victimizing already vulnerable children. 

Lisa Trujillo - Medien Impulse,

Increased attention on the situations of unaccompanied refugee minors living in Europe has recently begun to include their voices and perspectives. This article focuses on the micro to macro contexts which give rise to their voices and explores the multiple features of voice.

ReThink Orphanages,

This video from ReThink Orphanages illustrates how orphanage tourism perpetuates the continued institutionalization and exploitation of children. 

Karen McVeigh - The Guardian,

The Government of Sri Lanka has announced an inquiry into adoption fraud following claims that thousands of babies were taken from their mothers and sold to foreign nationals in the 1980s. 

Save the Children Australia ,

Save the Children offers six tips on how to volunteer ethically overseas. 

Julia Rudolph, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck, Dianne C. Shanley, and Russell Hawkins - Child Maltreatment,

The purpose of this article is to explore how child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention opportunities can include parents in new and innovative ways.