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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Ernest Darkwah, Marguerite Daniel, Joana Salifu Yendork - BMC International Health and Human Rights,

This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children’s Homes in Ghana.

Save the Children,

Save the Children is seeking a Senior Director of Child Protection. 

Claire Cameron, Katie Hollingworth, Ingrid Schoon, Eric van Santen, Wolfgang Schröer, Tiina Ristikari, Tarja Heino, Elina Pekkarinen - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper examines the longer term outcomes of young people who experienced out of home care (OHC) as children, in Britain, Germany and Finland, countries characterised by different welfare regimes. 

Professor Julie Selwyn, Levana Magnus and Dr Bobby Stuijfzand - University of Bristol School for Policy Studies and Coram Voice,

This report from the University of Bristol School for Poicy Studies and Coram Voice presents findings from a 2017 survey, in which 2,263 looked after children and young people from 16 local authorities in the United Kingdom completed the ‘Your Life, Your Care’ survey to determine their subjective, self-reported wellbeing. 

Jessica Walton - The Conversation,

Jessica Walton, the author of this piece from the Conversation, uses the Winter Olympic games in South Korea as an opportunity to examine social issues in the country, particularly its legacy of intercountry adoption.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking Technical Assistance for supporting Child Protection and Social Work Services.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Specialist in South Sudan.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Ethiopia. 

InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV),

This perspectives paper from InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV) includes statements from a group of international adoptees in response to the question: "Would you adopt via Intercountry or Transracial Adoption? Why, why not?

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Chief of Child Protection in Syria.