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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Kathryn E. van Doore - The International Journal of Children's Rights,

“Paper Orphans: Exploring Child Trafficking for the Purpose of Orphanages” serves as a legal analysis of child trafficking for the purpose of filling orphanages.  This paper focuses on the displacement of the child and intends to determine whether or not this displacement can be determined as trafficking under international law.

Jini L. Roby, JD, MSW, MS - Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

The purpose of this report is to review the current conditions of the global social workforce.  This study is meant to identify critical gaps in order prioritize current workforce strengthening research.

Child Frontiers on behalf of the Systems Strengthening and Disaster Risk Reduction Task Force - co-led by the CPC Learning Network and Plan International,

The aims of this document are to: 1. Provide an overview of child protection systems strengthening in emergencies practice to date, and based on this, 2. Propose certain key considerations with regards to systems for child protection practitioners. 

Innocenti,

This issue of Innocenti's Adolescence Research Digest includes recent news, events, and other updates as well as links to some of the latest research on adolescents and violence, health, education, street-connected youth and more.

UNICEF,

The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a rapid situation assessment of children without parental care in Lao PDR in line with the Child Protection Section’s multi-year work plan (2015- 2016) with the Government of Lao PDR.

Committee on the Rights of the Child,

The Committee on the Rights of the Child invites all interested parties to comment on the current draft of its General Comment on realising the rights of children during adolescence. 

Michal Mahat-Shamir, Bilha Davidson Arad, Guy Shilo, Ronit Adler, Ronit D Leichtentritt - Journal of Social Work,

This qualitative study explores the unique views about the family system held by adolescents who have spent years in foster care in Israel. 

Lucy Hurst-Brown - BBC Radio 4, Four Thought,

This talk by Lucy Hurst-Brown from BBC Radio 4's, Four Thought series discusses the institutionalization, segregation, and isolation of people with disabilities, including young people, and its effects.

UNICEF,

The State of the World’s Children report presents research from around the globe on the status of children, particularly those who are most disadvantaged, and their wellbeing. 

BASPCAN - The Association of England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales for Child Protection,

The aim of this event is to draw on lived-experience to inform the development of sensitive and inclusive safeguarding practices that respond appropriately to the diverse needs of children who live with parents who have mental health problems.