Zimbabwe

Demographic Data:

  • Total Population: 15,245,855
  • Population under 15: 41.6%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 57.5 years
  • Human Development Index: 155 out of 188 
  • World Bank Status: Low Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 16.7%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.1 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 44.6%

Sources: World Bank, UNDP, DHS 2010-11

 

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CONCORDIA Social Projects,

CONCORDIA Social Projects is seeking an external evaluator to conduct the final evaluation of the "YES - Youth Empowerment for Sustainable development" project. 

Organizações Da Sociedade Civil,

Nós, as Organizações da Sociedade Civil (OSCs) que lutamos por direitos humanos, vimos juntar-nos aos protestos contra o abuso de poder, corrupção e crimes sexuais contra mulheres que foram expostos na Escola Prática da Polícia em Matalane.

Päivi Adolfsson, Gunnel Janeslätt, Helena Lindstedt, Karin Jöreskog - Child & Family Social Work,

The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of mothers regarding their mothering role after participation in the ‘Mamma Trots Allt’ (MTA) program, a support program for mothers with cognitive limitations who have children in placement.

Margaret H. Lloyd Sieger - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study sought to determine number and proportion of children of color with substance removals and whether disparities exist in likelihood of reunification compared to white children.

Diane Thembekile Levine, Julie Morton, Michelle O’Reilly - Child Abuse & Neglect,

In this discussion paper, the authors propose a novel and pragmatic conceptual framework for the protection of vulnerable children in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Surendra P Gangan - The Hindustan Times,

"The state government [of Maharashtra] is launching a foster care scheme under which citizens can parent children from state-run child care institutions for a limited period of one to three years," according to this article from the Hindustan Times. 

Nuria Molano, Esperanza León, Jesús M. Jiménez‐Morago, Maite Román, Cristina Murillo - Child & Family Social Work,

This study aims to analyse the interaction between children in foster care and their main caregivers during a microcoded co‐construction task, focusing on the verbal and non‐verbal behaviours that the adults use to promote a secure attachment in the child.

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action,

In this webinar, Dr. Richard Krugman and Dr. Donald Bross will share highlights of their Child Abuse and Neglect article, “Health and Public Health Approach to Ending Child Abuse and Neglect,” which discusses the potential positive and unintended problems that a shift to a public health approach toward child abuse and neglect might entail.  

Lisa Gartner and Barbara Laker - The Philadelphia Inquirer,

This article from the Philadelphia Inquirer details the accounts of sexual abuse of children in several residential mental health care facilities in the United States operated by Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health.

Vanessa Richardson & Alison Brammer - Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law ,

Focusing on accounts by women who have children taken into care, this paper reports on a socio-legal case study in England, investigating the life experiences of nine mothers, whose children have been made subject to care orders under the Children Act 1989.