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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The Government of Ghana's Care Reform Initiative and ongoing efforts to move away from resdidential care for children.

RELAF is the Latin American Foster Care Network, for the right to community and family- based care for children and adolescents.

The Opening Doors campaign operates at EU level and in 12 countries across Europe, calling on the EU and national governments to prioritize the transition from institutional to family-based care. 

The Transformative Monitoring for Enhanced Equity (TransMonEE) Database captures a vast range of data relevant to social and economic issues relevant to the situation and wellbeing of children, young people and women in countries of Central Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of independent States (CEE/CIS).  

UNICEF's Regional Office for Central, Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RO CEE/CIS) coordinates and supervises UNICEF’s work in 22 countries and entities to ensure that no child is left out in our efforts to realize their rights.

The Faith to Action Initiative began as the BCN Faith-Based Organization (FBO) Committee. The overarching aim of the BCN FBO Committee was to dialogue with churches, organizations, and leaders in the faith community for the purpose of promoting better practices in regards to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).

 The Geneva Working Group on Children Without Parental Care is now a thematic Working Group under Child Rights Connect.

The main objective of the Working Group is to disseminate and promote the implementation of the Guidelines on Alternative Care of Children.

A description of BCN's role in implementing the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.

An overview of the history and development of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.