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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Faith to Action Initiative,

This webinar from Faith to Action Initiative presents key strategies for expanding the capacity of families to care for orphans and vulnerable children. 

Claire Bickers - PerthNow,

The number of Aboriginal children in the child welfare system in the state of Western Australian has reached “crisis levels,” according to this article from PerthNow. 

BBC News Magazine,

This article tells the story of Yahya, a young man who escaped an abusive father in rural Gambia and underwent a harrowing journey through Northern Africa, eventually arriving in Sicily in 2013. 

OVC Task Force,

Join USG and the OVC Task Force for an event that will discuss OVC programmming in the PEPFAR 3.0 landscape.

Better Care Network, CPC Learning Network, Humanitarian Organization for Migration Emergencies,
Tyler White - Laredo Morning Times,

Gerald Dean Campbell, a man from Texas, in the U.S., who served as a missionary in Malawi was arrested for “engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places” and has admitted to sexually abusing 11 children at a children’s home in Malawi where he served as general manager from 1997-2009. 

Better Care Network,

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

Better Care Network,

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

Better Care Network,

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

 

UNICEF, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child,

UNICEF Executive Director, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, and the Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child have issued a joint statement on Somalia’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.