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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Louise Tickle - The Guardian,

This opinion piece from the Guardian explains why more funding and support should be directed to kinship care and other alternative care arrangements that place children with extended family, instead of adoption or foster care outside of the family. 

Christopher Knaus and Ben Doherty - The Guardian,

The Australian Parliament has published a final report of its Modern Slavery Inquiry, which provides "a detailed blueprint for the creation of a modern slavery act in Australia." 

National Child Traumatic Stress Network & Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders,

Webinar 2 of the Developmental Trauma Disorder Series entitled "Identifying Critical Moments and Healing Complex Trauma" will be held Thursday 7 December.

National Child Welfare Workforce Institute,

This 3rd session of "Dismantling Racial Inequity Through Child Welfare Systems Change" webinar series will highlight how Allegheny County Department of Human Services uses data to inform child welfare practice and address the racial disproportionality that exists along the child welfare continuum.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Lebanon. 

Bethany R. Lee, Julia M. Kobulsky, David Brodzinsky, Richard P. Barth - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses data from the recent Modern Adoptive Families survey to understand parent perspectives on their preparation for adoption. 

Kimberly Crosland, Ruby Joseph, Lindsey Slattery, Sharon Hodges, Glen Dunlap - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper describes results from focus groups conducted with child welfare providers, educational personnel, and youth with histories of running away from foster care placements.

Gwladys Demazure, Sydney Gaultier, Nicolas Pinsault - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,

This paper summarizes the different interventions used with URMs to get an overview of techniques used for reducing psychopathologies and difficulties of URMs and to give recommendations to help professionals. 

Kimberly Crosland, Ruby Joseph, Lindsey Slattery, Sharon Hodges, Glen Dunlap - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper describes results from focus groups conducted with child welfare providers, educational personnel, and youth with histories of running away from foster care placements. 

Bethany R. Lee, Julia M. Kobulsky, David Brodzinsky, Richard P. Barth - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses data from the recent Modern Adoptive Families survey to understand parent perspectives on their preparation for adoption.