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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Tara Callen - Columbia University Academic Commons,

This dissertation was an ethnographic narrative study tracking eight young women who were “aging out” or forced to leave their orphanage in Peru, where most of them had spent a majority of their lives. The study examined the way in which a collaborative art community could support the participants as they narrated their lives over a 16-month period of time through photojournaling and social media outlets.

Professor Brid Featherstone, Professor Anna Gupta, Sue Mills - BASW,

This report presents the findings of a UK national Enquiry into the role of the social worker in adoption with a focus on ethics and human rights.

Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families ,

This Resource Guide was developed to support service providers in their work with parents, caregivers, and their children to prevent child abuse and neglect and promote child and family well-being.

Therese Boje Mortensen - Asia in Focus,

This study contributes to a body of scholarship on ‘localising children’s rights’ by presenting findings from an ethnographic case study of an institution for HIV-infected/affected children in Rajasthan, India.

Valentina Guerra, David Brindle - The European Social Network,

This report aims to address some common and key themes emerging from a questionnaire and in-person meeting to discuss the role of the social service workforce in the inclusion of migrant children and young people.

The Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts,

This document from the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts lays out recommended actionable commitments for the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.

Save the Children,

This report from Save the Children identifies concerning trends for the safety and wellbeing of children living in areas impacted by conflict, through analysis of the United Nations Annual Reports of the Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) and new research by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).

Katharine Hall and Dorrit Posel - The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research,

In this mixed methods study, the authors use nationally representative panel data to investigate migration patterns when viewed from the perspective of children. 

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: International Journal,

The aim of this special issue of the International Journal of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies is to examine the outcomes of children who were raised for part of their childhood in out-of-home care, including in foster care and institutions. 

Janna Verbruggen, Victor van der Geest, Catrien Bijleveld - Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: International Journal,

This study examines adult outcomes of youths (N=251) who spent time in a Dutch judicial treatment institution.