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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Shirley-Ann Chinnery - Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education ,

This paper argues that assessment of relational quality of applicant foster parents must be a routine component of care practice evaluations, supported by assessment methods capable of distinguishing individual differences on the relational indices of interest. 

UBS Optimus Foundation & Child's i Foundation,

In this video from Time for Global Action: Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, Stephen Ucembe shares his experience of living in an orphanage and how institutionalization was detrimental to his development and wellbeing. 

Kate va Doore, Andrea Nave, Emmalene Travers - Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism,

This expert paper by Forget Me Not Australia was published as a part of the Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism and it presents as a case study the story of the organization from its founding to its current work. 

Human Rights Campaign,

This brief from the Human Rights Campaign explains why US state laws allowing taxpayer-funded child welfare programs (adoption and foster care services) to discriminate against LGBTQ parents, carers and children is not in the best interests of children.

Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children & Save the Children Sweden,

This latest edition highlights the major achievements of 2017 – yet another big year in the journey to end all corporal punishment; it provides an update on the work of the Global Initiative, and looks forward to what is coming up in 2018. 

Human Rights Watch,

This report sets forth the 2017 official data on immigration arrests and deportations and details the often-wrenching human impact of Trump’s policies on undocumented immigrants, their families, and their US communities.

CPC Learning Network, with the World Health Organization for the INSPIRE Working Group of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children,

The aim of this Webinar is to present 'INSPIRE: Seven Strategies for Ending Violence against Children' and to present a summary of key evidence for each of the seven areas.

Executive Committee for ACF’s National Research Conference on Early Childhood,

The Program Committee for NRCEC 2018 would like to invite you to apply to be a reviewer of the submitted presentations for the conference.

Anne Steenbakkers, Ingunn T. Ellingsen, Steffie van der Steen, Hans Grietens - Journal of Child and Family Studies,

In this study, the authors asked youth (formerly) in family foster care in the Netherlands to indicate their psychosocial needs, and analyzed if youth with a history of sexual abuse have different needs.

Catherine Emma Palmer - European Journal of Social Work,

This paper is based on a review of 20 multi-national European Commission funded projects about child trafficking.