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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Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families & Committee on the Rights of the Child ,

This joint comment lays out recommendations for protecting the rights of unaccompanied minors as well as those who have been separated from their families due to migration.

Lin Taylor - Reuters,

This article from Reuters shines light on the vulnerability of children in foster care in the UK to child trafficking.

Julia Hanel, Masters Thesis for Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development,

This thesis focused on the two questions ‘What is the current situation on orphanage tourism in Myanmar?’ and ‘What are the causes of orphanage tourism?’.

Dr. Nicky Pouw, Katie Hodgkinson MSc, Mariëlle Le Mat MSc, Karel van Dam MSc,

This report presents the results of a scientific research on the topic of Social Exclusion of Vulnerable Youth, commissioned by SOS Children’s Villages Netherlands.

Anouk Goemans, Mitch van Geel, Paul Vedder - Journal of Child and Family Studies,

The goal of this three-wave longitudinal study was to analyze foster parent stress and foster children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors in a transactional framework. 

Umberto Bacchi - Reuters,

This article from Reuters explains how Moldova plans to use blockchain technology to combat child trafficking in the country with help from UN experts. 

Thema Newsroom,

At least 19,000 refugee and immigrant children are trapped in Greece, according to estimates based on data collected and analysed by UNICEF.

Catholic Relief Services,

CRS is recruiting for a 4Children Senior Technical Advisor to provide technical and programmatic assistance in the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of country buy-ins and global program implementation.  

National Child Traumatic Stress Network,

This webinar, from the U.S. National Child Traumatic Stress Network, as part of its Childhood Traumatic Grief e-learning series, describes the impact of traumatic separation, attachment, and attachment disruption on children and adolescents.

Jelena Ćirić - Iceland Review,

Freyja Haraldsdóttir, former substitute MP for Bright Future, has filed a case against Iceland's Government Agency for Child Protection (Barnaverndarstofa or BVS) in response to their denial of her application to become a foster parent.