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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Together for Girls,

This fact sheet presents country-specific data from the Violence Against Children Survey (VACS) in Zimbabwe.

Bryan Avelar - BBC Mundo,

This article from BBC News tells the stories of "cuckoo families" in El Salvador, women and families who are chosen and coerced by gang members to care for certain children. 

Joy D. Osofsky and Betsy McAlister Groves,

This book explains the neurological, emotional, and behavioral impacts of violence and trauma experienced by newborns, infants, children, and teenagers.

Chenyue Zhao, Helen L. Egger, Cheryl R. Stein, Kyle A. McGregor - Pediatrics,

This article analyzes the mental health outcomes of children affected by parental migration in China.

Matthew Oakley, Guy Miscampbell, Raphael Gregorian - Social Market Foundation,

This report from the Social Market Foundation review the care system in the UK, including outcomes for children in care and the "silent crisis" in the care system.

Jacqueline Bhabha, François-Xavier Bagnoud, Jyothi Kanics, Daniel Senovilla Hernández - ,

This Research Handbook is an innovative tool which will be of use not only for students and scholars interested in migration displacement, immigration, and human rights, but also for policymakers and others actively engaged in the migrant and refugee rights advocacy community.

Carlomagno C. Panlilio, Sheridan Miyamoto, Sarah A. Font, Hannah M. C. Schreier - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The objective of this study was to assess item characteristics indicative of the severity of risk for commercial sexual exploitation among a high-risk population of child welfare system involved youth to inform the construction of a screening tool.

Cady Voge - The Guardian,

This article from the Guardian shares some of the stories of long-term trauma caused by the U.S. family separation policy.

Jamiles Lartey - The Guardian,

A recent lawsuit alleges that children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico, who are under the supervision of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), were routinely given anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs, sometimes by force, according to this article from the Guardian.

Austen McGuire & Yo Jackson - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The current study examined if the methods used to define and describe maltreatment contribute to the association between maltreatment and academic functioning in youth.