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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Allison Pond - Desert News NewsOK,

In this article from NEWSok, Zaidoon Khalaf shares his experiences while attempting to reunify with his family Germany.

UNICEF,

The Child Protection Specialist reports to the Chief, Child Protection (Level 4) for guidance and general supervision.

Jennifer Biggs Miller, Donna DeGracia, Maureen Dykinga, Deb Filer, Mary Hearst, Renee Hepperlen, Dana Johnson, Zeina Makhoul, Paula Rabaey, Holly Willis,

This document provides a formative assessment on the state of children with disabilities in Zambia.

St. Catherine University and SPOON Foundation ,

This summary examines the conditions children with disabilities face in Zambia.  The summary asks if the quality of life for these children can be improved?  

World Bank,

This is a video highlighting the education being provided to Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

Catholic Relief Services – Sierra Leone,

The Project Director (PD) will be responsible for the overall management of the “All Pikin for Learn” program. 

Nadine Ajaka - The Atlantic,

The Atlantic reviews the challenges children face in the rural Kentucky.

M. Roze, S. Vandentorren, C. Vuillermoz, P. Chauvin, and M. Melchior - European Psychiatry 38 (2016) 51–60,

This study explores social, environmental, individual and family characteristics associated with emotional and behavioral difficulties among homeless children living in the Paris region. 

Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian,

This article in the Guardian reports that French children’s services are struggling to cope with a dramatic surge in unaccompanied refugee children who have abandoned plans to travel to the UK and now want to remain in France.

Sarah Bunt - Qualitative Social Work,

By drawing on an empirical study on placing disabled children for adoption, the article seeks to demonstrate the practical application of critical realist by combining its Retroductive framework with Grounded Theory methods.