Rwanda

Demographic Data

  • Total population: 11.34 million
  • Population under 15 years: 41%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 64 years
  • Human Development Index: 163 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Low income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence: 2.8 %
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.3 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 31%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 14%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2014/2015

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Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR),

This document, and the accompanying Dropbox folder feature collected global, regional, and country-level resources for COVID-19.

Gerry Marshall, Karen Winter, & Danielle Turney - Child & Family Social Work,

This paper contributes to the growing body of work which argues that residential child care is a positive choice and that it has a key role to play in positive identity formation.

Susan Cohen Esquilin & Denise M. Williams Johnson - Assessing Trauma in Forensic Contexts,

The primary aim of this chapter is to outline the significance of trauma in the lives of parents involved in the child protection system who are sent for forensic psychological evaluations.

William Hollingworth - The Japan Times,

According to this article from the Japan Times, Japan places around 85 percent of children and babies who need care into institutions, and "British-based experts on the welfare and rights of vulnerable children" are calling for increased provisions for foster care in the country.

Family for Every Child,

Family for Every Child is seeking a flexible and enthusiastic Fundraising Officer with excellent writing skills, and experience of raising funds from trusts and foundations.

Sheila R. van Berkel, Mariëlle J. L. Prevoo, Mariëlle Linting, Fieke D. Pannebakker, Lenneke R. A. Alink - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The third Netherlands’ Prevalence study of Maltreatment of children and youth (NPM-2017) provides an update of the current prevalence rates of child maltreatment and of changes in its prevalence over the last 12 years. In addition, risk factors for child maltreatment and its co-occurrence with domestic violence were investigated.

National Association of School Psychologists and National Association of School Nurses,

Este recurso proporciona orientación específica a los padres sobre cómo hablar con los niños y ayudarlos a comprender la crisis de COVID-19.

Robyn M. Powell, Monika Mitra, Joanne Nicholson, Susan L. Parish - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study describes the community-based needs of parents with psychiatric disabilities who experienced legal challenges to their parenting rights.

National Association of School Psychologists and National Association of School Nurses,

This resource provides specific guidance to parents on how to talk to children about, and help them understand, the COVID-19 crisis.

Malaka Gharib - NPR,

This comic is based on a radio story that NPR education reporter Cory Turner did. He asked some experts what kids might want to know about the new coronavirus discovered in China.