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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Kristy Kirkup - National Post,

According to this article from the National Post, the Canadian federal government will be allocating more money to child welfare services for indigenous communities on reserves.

Parliament of Australia,

The Australian Parliament has released a Report of its inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia. This Inquiry Report recognizes orphanage trafficking as a form of modern slavery to be included in the Act. 

Rebecca A. Hirsch, Carly B. Dierkhising, Denise C. Herz - Children and Youth Services Review,

Dually-involved youth represent a population of youth who receive some level of supervision from both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems concurrently. The current study examined education-related risk factors, recidivism, referrals for services, and service access among dually-involved youth in Los Angeles County, USA.

SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka & Children’s Emergency Relief International,

This outline of alternative care, both conceptually and in the Sri Lankan context, provides insight into both the current system and what efforts are yielding results.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Bangladesh. 

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos, Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Dan Chateau, Deepa Singal - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry,

The objective of this study is to examine suicide attempts and completions among mothers who had a child taken into care by child protection services (CPS).

Guedehoussou T, Azoumah D, Djadou E, Agbèrè AD, Tatagan Agbi K and Atakouma DY - Pediatric Infectious Disease,

The authors conducted a case-control study of 102 children with positive HIV serology out of 956 received and screened at admission at Sainte Claire Nursery (SCN) in Lomé from 1st January 2000 to 31st December 2014 with the aim of to determine the social profile, the weight evolution and the fate of these children admitted in a difficult situation.

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos, Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Dan Chateau, Deepa Singal - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry,

The objective of this study is to examine suicide attempts and completions among mothers who had a child taken into care by child protection services (CPS). 

Kim Phagan-Hansel - The Chronicle of Social Change ,

This article from the Chronicle of Social Change details the increased use of kinship care for children in the need of out of home care in the United States, highlighting this shift in three different states in the US.

EuroChild & SOS Children's Villages,

The 16 case studies presented in thie report offer lessons from the ground on how services can ensure refugee and migrant children get the necessary protection and individualised support.