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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Dr Sylvan Baker, Dr Maggie Inchley and Dr Sadhvi Dar - Queen Mary University of London’s Drama Department,

The Verbatim Formula is an applied performance research project which is currently working with looked after children and young people. 

Adrian van Breda & Kwabena Frimpong-Manso - African Network of Care-Leaving Researchers (ANCR),

The Editors for a Special Issue of Emerging Adulthood focused on care-leaving processes and services in Africa are seeking relevant research papers to be included in the issue.

Unian,

Lumos "will help implement the reform of orphanages in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region under a pilot project, according to the Ukrainian media company NewWest Media."

Jeffrey Waid, Brianne H. Kothari, Bowen M.McBeath, Lew Bank - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study sought to identify factors that contribute to the relational well-being of youth in substitute care. 

Dan Barry - New York Times,

This article, with accompanying short video documentary, from the New York Times tells an in-depth and harrowing story of an amateur historian, Catherine Corless, seeking to learn about the history of a "mother and baby home" run by Bon Secours nuns in the town of Tuam, Ireland, and the story of mistreatment, poor conditions, trafficking, and unmarked graves she uncovered. 

New Editions Consulting, Inc.,

New Editions Consulting, Inc. is recruiting a new Senior Technical Advisor for Children in Adversity. The Senior Technical Advisor assists with the administration of USAID’s Displaced Children and Orphans Fund, as well as the U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity (APCA) more broadly. 

New Editions Consulting, Inc. ,

Closing date: October 27, 2017

Location: Washington DC

Organization: New Editions Consulting, Inc.

Job Years of Experience: 10

Anne Steenbakkers, Steffie Van Der Steen, Hans Grietens - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review,

To increase knowledge of foster children’s needs and how these are conceptualized, this paper presents a systematic literature review. 

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

This webinar series provides clinicians, counselors, and other helpers with insights on recognizing and dealing with the most difficult crises and turning points that occur in therapy with traumatized children and families. 

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of Tajikistan’s periodic report to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.