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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Sarah Kinosian in Corral de Mulas - The Guardian,

This article from the Guardian describes the lasting impacts of family separation on one young girl from El Salvador, who immigrated to the US with her father and was then separated from him, even after reunification with her father.

Harvard Kennedy School,

In this interview, Jacqueline Bhabha, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an adjunct lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the impact of recent events on children and families.

Leonie Miller, Melanie Randle, Sara Dolnicar - The British Journal of Social Work,

This paper presents findings from a longitudinal study with seventy-five carers was conducted over twenty months, comparing placements that broke down to those that did not an identifying personal and family factors that increase the likelihood of foster placement success.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a temporary Child Protection Specialist in Nigeria.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Nigeria. 

Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children (CELCIS),

CELCIS is looking to recruit a child rights/welfare professional, to help shape and deliver their international work: securing the global implementation of the UN Guidelines for Alternative Care, and realising children’s rights through developments in policy, systems and practice.

Vicky Wandawa - New Vision,

This article from New Vision tells the story of Ruth Kahawa, a pastor in the Tororo district of Uganda who set up an orphanage in 1996 and now works to reintegrate children into families of origin or foster care.

Lisa Desjardins, Joshua Barajas, Daniel Bush - PBS NewsHour,

PBS NewsHour read through all 99 declarations included in a motion filed as part of a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that its practice of separating families violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fifth Amendment, and pulled out 12 for this article that offer a window into the family separations at the border.

BBC News,

"A woman working at Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has been arrested for allegedly selling a 14-day-old baby," according to this article from BBC News.

UNICEF,

C’est dans ce contexte que le bureau de l’UNICEF au Burkina Faso se propose par le biais de ces termes de référence de recruter un-e Spécialiste national en Protection de l’Enfant (PE), de niveau NOC, pour assurer la gestion de ce projet, sous un contrat temporaire (TA), pour une période de 364 jours, sous la supervision de la chef de section Protection de l’enfant.