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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Katherine Gibson, Gina Samuels, Julia Pryce - Children and Youth Services Review,

This analysis drew from a study in which child welfare professionals were interviewed about their definitions of “well-being” and the barriers and facilitators to promoting well-being in their daily practices. 

Lucie D Cluver, et al - BMJ Global Health,

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of ‘Parenting for Lifelong Health: Sinovuyo Teen’, a parenting programme for adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries, on abuse and parenting practices. 

Dafna Tener, Yoa Sorek, Ella Schwartz - Child and Family Social Work,

The current qualitative study examines the lived experiences of the women and children in the Mothers Unit from the subjective perspective of the women currently or previously involved in the programme and of the professionals working with them. 

Katherine Gibson, Gina Samuels, Julia Pryce - Children and Youth Services Review,

This analysis drew from a study in which child welfare professionals were interviewed about their definitions of “well-being” and the barriers and facilitators to promoting well-being in their daily practices. 

Anne Jansen - The British Journal of Social Work,

The present study is based on life mode interviews with social workers who started their careers in child protection services, focusing on their daily lives as newly graduated professionals. 

Louise Tickle - The Guardian,

This opinion piece from the Guardian explains why more funding and support should be directed to kinship care and other alternative care arrangements that place children with extended family, instead of adoption or foster care outside of the family. 

Christopher Knaus and Ben Doherty - The Guardian,

The Australian Parliament has published a final report of its Modern Slavery Inquiry, which provides "a detailed blueprint for the creation of a modern slavery act in Australia." 

National Child Traumatic Stress Network & Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders,

Webinar 2 of the Developmental Trauma Disorder Series entitled "Identifying Critical Moments and Healing Complex Trauma" will be held Thursday 7 December.

National Child Welfare Workforce Institute,

This 3rd session of "Dismantling Racial Inequity Through Child Welfare Systems Change" webinar series will highlight how Allegheny County Department of Human Services uses data to inform child welfare practice and address the racial disproportionality that exists along the child welfare continuum.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Lebanon.