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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Jamie Vernaelde and Eugene Guillaume - Lumos,

Pour comprendre la raison pour laquelle les orphelinats continuent de se développer en Haïti et la façon dont ils affectent les enfants, Lumos a mené une enquête sur les modes de financement et les ramifications de la vie en orphelinat sur les enfants élevés entre leurs murs.

Jamie Vernaelde and Eugene Guillaume - Lumos,

In this report, Lumos investigates the funding patterns of Haitian orphanages as well as the ramifications of orphanage life for the children raised within them to better understand why orphanages continue to flourish in the country. 

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child during the seventy-fifth session (15 May 2017 - 2 Jun 2017) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Kevin McCarthy - PoliZette,

Lawmakers are considering five bills to help families stay together and modernize and improve the United States foster care system. 

Kelley Bunkers - Maestral International; input from Delia Pop - Hope and Homes for Children,

This presentation provides an overview of violence against children in residential care facilities in Africa. 

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra - Christianity Today,

A growing focus on family care is changing the way Christians approach caring for vulnerable children. 

Sarah Whittle, Julian G. Simmons & Nick Allen - The Conversation,

New research on adolescents in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Melbourne, Australia suggests positive parenting practices can reduce the impact of stress on the brain for some children. 

Ruth Wacuka - Kenya Society of Careleavers,

This document includes the keynote address given on the first day of the Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings by Ruth Wacuka, Kenya Society of Careleavers. 

Noah Sanganyi - Department of Children's Services, Kenya,

This document includes the opening remarks given at the Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings by Mr. Noah Sanganyi, the Director of Kenya's Department of Children's Services. 

Ruth Koshal - Girls Not Brides,

This Girls Not Brides presentation provides an overview of child marriage, its impact and relationship to violence against children and alternative care, offering recommendations for research, policy, and practice at global, regional, and national levels when it comes to preventing child marriage and responding to those impacted.