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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Neil Conner - The Telegraph,

The Telegraph reports that police in China rescued 36 children from traffickers. 

Better Volunteering Better Care,

Better Volunteering Better Care (BVBC) responds to a blog by the Executive Director of the volunteer travel company IVHQ expressing his views about the benefits of orphanage volunteering.

UAFA,

A video from UAFA emphasizing the importance of early intervention.

Lindsay Murdoch - The Age,

Australian nurse and surrogacy broker Tammy Davis-Charles has been arrested and is awaiting trail in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on charges related to engaging in surrogacy and falsifying documents. 

Oak Foundation,

Oak Foundation is recruiting a Programme Officer for the Child Abuse Programme and its work in East Africa, who will also have some administrative responsibility for Oak Foundation’s office in Dar-es-Salaam. 

UNICEF,

This video from UNICEF illustrates the many threats children around the world face every day.

The Guardian,

This video from The Guardian discusses how six weeks after the Calais migrant camp was demolished, unaccompanied minors were transferred around France and are still waiting to hear from the Home Office. 

Ioana Calinescu, Petrut Calinescu - The Black Sea,

This article from The Black Sea covers the deinstitutionalization process of Georgia which began in 2009.

USAID,

This position is critical for the continued leadership of the DRG Center in promoting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) equality efforts through the integration of rights and empowerment in policies and programming.

USAID,

The DRG Center requires this PSC in order to bolster its ability to advance human rights by supporting and assisting marginalized and vulnerable populations.