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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UNICEF,

The incumbent of this position will be accountable for working with partners to develop, manage, coordinate, implement and monitor an advocacy and communication strategy, and associated products and activities on a regular and on-going basis with

Family Perspective,

Family Perspective will hold an IFFD briefing on promoting child inclusion through quality education for all on 8 February 2017 from 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., at United Nations Headquarters.

Matthew Cherisch, Sharon Fonn - The Conversation,

An article on how starting child support grants during pregnancy improves the lives of children.

Better Care Network,

The Zambia National Consultation Accelerating Children’s Care Reform Report is a summary report of a stakeholders’ meeting held between key stakeholders in children’s care in May, 2016.  

BBC,

In examining institutional sex abuse, Australia’s Royal Commission found that seven-percent of the nation’s priests allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010.

Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Social Policy and Development ,

Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Social Policy and Development will be holding a High-Level Side Event focusing on inclusive cities for sustainable families during the 55th Commission for Social Development.

Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell - Guilford Press,

This book presents the "Circle of Security" parenting strategies developed by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell in a "self-help" form.

Better Care Network,

The Committee's recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.

Better Care Network,

The Committee's recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.

Better Care Network,

The Committee's recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.