Uganda

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 37.78 million
  • Population under 15 years: 48%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 59 years
  • Human Development Index: 163 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Low income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 7.3%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.9 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 29.5%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 40%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2011

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LaShanda Taylor Adams - N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change,

This article examines the legal inadequacies of reinstatement statutes in the US which "often punish parents who opposed the termination of their parental rights and reward those who voluntarily signed relinquishments."

Vivek S. Sankaran - N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change,

This article explores this practice, examines its origins, and discusses its constitutional inadequacies.

Bezrukova O.N., Samoilova V.А. - Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies],

The article contains analysis of parental potential in foster families and the resources of its strengthening with the support of the professional community. 

Linda Liebenberg, Natacha Joubert, & Marie-Lynne Foucault - Public Health Agency of Canada,

Executive Summary

Leonard M. Agere, Pius T. Tanga, and Simon Kang’ethe - Child Abuse Research in South Africa,

The aim of the paper is to explore selected pertinent challenges that impede child and youth care centres (CYCCs) from providing holistic support and care to children found in need of care as stated in the Children’s Act No. 38/2005. 

Ana Beltran, Generations United’s National Center on Grandfamilies - Contemporary Journal of Research, Practice and Policy,

This policy brief highlights the work of the Grandfamilies Advocacy Network Demonstration to advocate for policy reforms for grandfamilies in the US.

Julie Selwyn - German Research Center on Adoption (EFZA) ,

This rapid literature review was commissioned by the German Research Centre on Adoption (EFZA) located at the German Youth Institute in Munich (Germany). The overall aim of the review was to consider the support needs of domestic and intercountry adoptive families and the evidence for effective interventions. Step-parent, relative and domestic private adoptions were excluded.

Kirrily Pells & Virginia Morrow - Ending Violence in Childhood Global Report 2017. Know Violence in Childhood.,

This brief paper highlights some of Young Lives key findings on violence affecting children, exploring what children say about violence, how it affects them, and the key themes that emerges from a systematic analysis of the children’s accounts.

World Health Organization,

This guideline aims to provide evidence-based recommendations for quality clinical care for children and adolescents who have, or may have, been subjected to sexual abuse, in order to mitigate the negative health consequences and improve their well-being. 

Isibindi Project - National Association of Child Care Workers,

This brief summarises key findings of a qualitative study of the family strengthening approach of the Isibindi model.