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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Julie Wootten, Tetona Dunlap, and Alex Riggins - Magic Valley,

Parents' drug abuse often lead children down a path of abuse, neglect, and abandonment.

Sarah Kleiner - Richmond Times-Dispatch,

A camp designed to help youths who have been through the foster care system cope with grief and connect with others who have lost their birth families.

UNHCR-RefugePoint,

UNHCR-RefugePoint is looking for a Child Protection Expert as part of its UNHCR-RefugePoint Collaboration Project. 

Brianna Bailey and Jaclyn Cosgrove - The Oklahoman - Lake Expo,

Two years into new plan to address neglect and abuse, workers still find significant care issues in DHS group homes. 

Robert Harding - auburnpub,

Restore Opportunity Now coalition seeks living wage for human service workers.

Tom Giambroni - Salem News,

Opioid problem has caused the cost of foster care in Columbiana County, Massachusetts to increase 40 percent.

Christina Mullen - WKBN,

Child abuse causes the number of children in foster care to rise.

Paula Rabaey - International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation,

This literature review looks at the most current interventions on safe feeding practices for children with neuromotor disabilities who cannot feed themselves.

Alessio Fasulo - Save the Children Italy,

As part of the "Children Come First: Intervention at the border" project, Save the Children Italy elaborates and disseminates, on a quarterly basis, a dossier containing quantitative and qualitative information (profiles) relating to migrant minors entering Italy. This dossier contains information relating to the period January-March 2017.

Urban Institute,

In order to better serve youth trafficking victims, this study developed a Human Trafficking Screening Tool (HTST) and pretested it with 617 runaway and homeless youth and child welfare-involved youth.