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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James Bell Associates on behalf of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families,

This brief explores challenges and strategies for evaluating systems and organizational change in US child welfare settings.

Better Care Network,

A summary of the International Alternative Care Conference 2016 via Storify.

Irish Examiner,

Irish government urged to take in unaccompanied children from Calais refugee camps.

UAFA,

In this video from United Aid for Azerbaijan, several experts and public officials discuss the importance of deinstitutionalization. 

UN News Centre,

This is an article from UN News Centre reporting that UN human rights expert, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, states that countries need to adopt new human-trafficking approaches in light of increased world migration. 

Amelia Gentelman - The Guardian,

The Guardian reports that more than 1,000 children remain in Calais camps.  The report says that children are living in shipping containers with inadequate food, water and supplies.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a consultant to contribute to the UNICEF Cambodia Child Protection Programme with a particular focus on supporting the Child Protection team

Ruth Holmes - Yahoo! News,

Hammersmith and Fulham, England stands at the forefront of efforts to bring Calais refugees to the UK.

Alyssa Jeong Perry - The Guardian,

Adam Crapser was adopted and brought to the U.S. from South Korea at four years old.  Now, at 41, he's forced to return to a country he barely knows.

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.