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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Deena Haydon - Human Rights and Incarceration,

Focused on the UK, this chapter considers the relevance of human rights in relation to children who are deprived of their liberty by the state on ‘welfare’ grounds for their own or others’ protection.

Dana Liebelson - Huffington Post,

The contract for a temporary housing facility for immigrant children in Tornillo, Texas in the US was set to terminate August 13, "but now the government is planning to continue using it to shelter children for yet another month, according to a sp

Tang Wanjie, Wang Gang, Hu Tao, Dai Qian, Xu Jiajun, YanYanchun, Xu Jiuping - Journal of Affective Disorders,

This study compared the prevalence of mental health and psychosocial problems between left-behind children (LBC) and controls in Sichuan province, China.

Natasha Hudek - University of Ottowa,

The current studies used longitudinal data collected across 7 years from a sample of 1,765 children, 5 to 14 years old, in out-of-home care in Maryland, USA. This first study examined the trajectories of anxiety and depression across age and time in care separately and the second examined the reciprocal relationships across time between anxiety, depression, and significant risk and protective factors from Study 1.

Yafit Sulimani-Aidan & Yuval Paldi - Journal of Social Work,

This exploratory study deals with biological parents’ involvement in residential placement in Israel from the point of view of 79 youth who left care.

National Family Support Network,

This webinar, hosted by the National Family Support Network, will introduce the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support. 

UNICEF,

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF) wishes to invite eligible firm to submit a proposal for: Support implementation of the Cambodia PROTECT Strategy through the development of communication materials, and the design and the delivery of a training of trainers (ToT) for the community engagement component.

The Child Protection Research Technical Working Group (RTWG) of the Department of Children Services (DCS),

The Child Protection Research Technical Working Group (RTWG) of the Department of Children Services (DCS) is organizing the 1st International Conference on Child Protection in Africa.

The Economist,

This video from the Economist explores the history of institutionalization in Romania and the efforts now underway to transition to family-based care and small group homes for children.

Susanne Witte, Laura Sophia Miehlbradt, Eric van Santen, Heinz Kindler - National Systems of Child Protection,

This chapter provides an overview of the German child protection system.