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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UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a local consultant for Child Protection Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism in the Philippines. 

UNAIDS Inter Agency Task Team (IATT) for Social Protection, Care and Support,

The UNAIDS Inter Agency Task Team (IATT) for Social Protection, Care and Support will join representatives from governments, donors, academicians and civil society from 25– 26 April 2018 for the International Conference on Fast-Tracking Social Protection to end AIDS.

UNICEF,

UNICEF has issued an RFP inviting eligible firms to submit a proposal for Development of the branding package and communication materials for the mass media, community engagement, and Interactive Communication Technologies components of the ‘Cambodia PROTECT: Communication Strategy to End Violence against Children and Unnecessary Family Separation’, and design and delivery of a training of trainers for the community engagement component.

Denise Healy - CARL,

This is a small-scale study examining the experiences of Aged-Out Unaccompanied Minors (UAMs) who transition from foster care into Direct Provision (DP) in Ireland.

Janelle Retka - Bright Magazine,

This article from Bright Magazine tells the story of Ly Seav Meng and other children who are placed in the care of orphanages in Cambodia, not because they are parent-less, but because their parents see it as the only way to provide education and opportunity for their children.

Anne-Marie Conn, Moira A. Szilagyi, Linda Alpert-Gillis, Carolyn Webster-Stratton, Jody Todd Manly, Nicolas Goldstein, Sandra H. Jee - Children and Youth Services Review,

In this project, researchers provided foster parents with a trauma-informed, evidence-based parenting program (Incredible Years; IY) and assessed its impact on child behavior, foster parent stress and attitudes, and perceived effect on parenting.

Anthony Cuthbertson - The Independent,

Police in New Delhi, India have begun piloting a new facial recognition program to help identify missing children, according to this article from the Independent.

Richard Zussman - Global News,

The government of British Columbia in Canada has "introduced legislation that will give Indigenous communities greater involvement in child-welfare decisions," according to this article from Global News.

Andy Bilson - Child & Family Social Work,

This review of the 91 English children's services departments with specific policies on bruising in premobile children found a major disjuncture between research evidence and its interpretation in guidance.

Tyreasa Washington, et al - Children and Youth Services Review,

The authors of this paper conducted a systematic review with the aim of developing a better understanding of the psychosocial factors associated with the behavioral health of children in foster and kinship care.