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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Qian Dai & Rong-Xuan Chu - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This article describes a study in which researchers explored the emotional and psychological health of China's left-behind children (LBC) by identifiying the differences in levels of happiness, self-esteem and anxiety between LBC and non-LBC. 

Michel Nkurunziza - AllAfrica.com,

Civil society organizations and the National Children's Council (NCC) have appealed for more commitment and support to abandoned babies.

Lynsay Ayer, Mahlet A. Woldetsadik, Rosalie Malsberger, Lane F. Burgette, and Patricia L. Kohl,

This study investigates the characteristics of men who act as primary caregivers of maltreated children. 

Matt Danzico, Emma Wells and Maxim Lomakin - BBC,

This news article from the BBC is about a small orphan village south of Moscow, which has been experimenting with what the founders think may be a novel solution to support both foster children and the families who take them in.

David Akinsanya - The Guardian,

In this article from the Guardian, David Akinsanya discusses his experience in boarding school where he and his classmates were forced to take anti-convulsant medication.

Alfonso Montero -- The Guardian,

This article from the Guardian sets forth the challanges EU countries face in providing social services for asylum seeking children.

Steven D. Cohen - Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,

This paper explores the ways that developmental science can inform and strengthen the child welfare system to better support the children, families, and communities it serves. 

DAVID KEYTON and MAHSA AMINELAHI - Stars and Stripes,

After being separated from his parents in a Turkish forest, Mahdi Azizi reunited with his family in Sweden after his father spotted him at an open air concert.

FICE and CYC,

The 33rd FICE Congress & 2nd CYC World Conference “Together Towards a Better World for Children, Adolescents and Families” will take place on 22-25 August 2016 in Vienna, Austria.

Emma Graham-Harrison,

This story from the Guardian describes the shock and loss children experience in Aleppo.