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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Jan Naert, Rudi Roose, Richard C. Rapp, Wouter Vanderplasschen - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study provides a systematic review of the literature, focusing on the conceptualization and evaluation of continuity. 

Voice of Asia,

Voice of Asia reports that Indian police arrested heads of an adoption centre said to have trafficked at least 17 children to couples in foreign countries.

Cyprus Mail Online,

Hope for Children starts pilot foster care program in Cyprus.

Heidi Allen, Allison McGovern, Tom Brake, Anne McLaughlin,

This opinion piece from The Times states that the UK must honor its commitment to unaccompanied refugee children and take them in.

Catholic Relief Services -- Devex,

Catholic Relief Services seeks a Senior Technical Advisor—Orphans & Vulnerable Children to work as part of Central Africa Regional Office and Program Impact and Quality Assurance.

Georgette Mulheir and Lynn Lina Gyllensten - The Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare,

This chapter explores the drivers behind the continued, and in some parts of the world, growing, institutionalization of children.

Denise Stuckenbruck, Jini L. Roby – Wiley,

The qualitative study in this article explores adoptions in Kenya: its motivations and barriers and if an increase in domestic adoptions would be in a child’s best interest.

Judith A. Hunter - Jamaica Information Service,

From February 12 to February 18, 2017 Jamaica observes National Foster Care Regnition Week.

SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES INTERNATIONAL,

SOS Children’s Village is looking for a Regional Programme Advisor – Alternative Care and Prevention to work in CEE/CIS Region.

UNICEF,

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Senior Adviser, End Violence Against Children, the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will work with the members of the Secretariat supporting country engagement and partnership develop in monitor