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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Bethany R. Lee, Julia M. Kobulsky, David Brodzinsky, Richard P. Barth - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses data from the recent Modern Adoptive Families survey to understand parent perspectives on their preparation for adoption. 

Kimberly Crosland, Ruby Joseph, Lindsey Slattery, Sharon Hodges, Glen Dunlap - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper describes results from focus groups conducted with child welfare providers, educational personnel, and youth with histories of running away from foster care placements.

Gwladys Demazure, Sydney Gaultier, Nicolas Pinsault - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,

This paper summarizes the different interventions used with URMs to get an overview of techniques used for reducing psychopathologies and difficulties of URMs and to give recommendations to help professionals. 

Kimberly Crosland, Ruby Joseph, Lindsey Slattery, Sharon Hodges, Glen Dunlap - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper describes results from focus groups conducted with child welfare providers, educational personnel, and youth with histories of running away from foster care placements. 

Bethany R. Lee, Julia M. Kobulsky, David Brodzinsky, Richard P. Barth - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses data from the recent Modern Adoptive Families survey to understand parent perspectives on their preparation for adoption. 

Kristy Kirkup - National Post,

According to this article from the National Post, the Canadian federal government will be allocating more money to child welfare services for indigenous communities on reserves.

Parliament of Australia,

The Australian Parliament has released a Report of its inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia. This Inquiry Report recognizes orphanage trafficking as a form of modern slavery to be included in the Act. 

Rebecca A. Hirsch, Carly B. Dierkhising, Denise C. Herz - Children and Youth Services Review,

Dually-involved youth represent a population of youth who receive some level of supervision from both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems concurrently. The current study examined education-related risk factors, recidivism, referrals for services, and service access among dually-involved youth in Los Angeles County, USA.

SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka & Children’s Emergency Relief International,

This outline of alternative care, both conceptually and in the Sri Lankan context, provides insight into both the current system and what efforts are yielding results.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Bangladesh.