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Children's Living Arrangements

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%
Country
 
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56.4%
Living with Both Parents
 
DHS
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Children living with both parents, Total for children < 18; ZM2018DHS: Central Statistical Office (CSO) - 2018
26.7%
Living with One Parent
 
DHS
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Children living with mother, father alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with mother, father dead, Total for children < 18; Children living with father, mother alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with father, mother dead, Total for children < 18; ZM2018DHS: Central Statistical Office (CSO) - 2018
16.4%
Living with Neither Parent
 
DHS
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Children living with neither parent, both alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, mother alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, father alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, both dead, Total for children < 18; ZM2018DHS: Central Statistical Office (CSO) - 2018
%
Effective
 
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Children Living Without Biological Parents

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68%
Both Parents Alive
 
DHS 2018
23%
One Parent Dead
 
DHS 2018
9%
Both Parents Dead
 
DHS 2018

Parental Survivorship

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89.3%
Children with Both Parents Alive
 
DHS
8.8%
Children with One Parent Alive
 
DHS
1.4%
Children with Both Parents Dead
 
DHS

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List of Organisations

Save the Children,

Save the Children is recruiting a Senior Technical Advisor in Alternative Care (STA) to provide oversight of and ensure implementation of the Alternative Care Component of the Zambia Rising project. 

Republic of Zambia: Ministry of Community Development , Mother and Child Health & Department of Social Welfare,

This brochure outlines the Public Welfare Assistance Scheme, including its objectives, types of assistance provided, social and educational support provided, eligibility and how to access services.

Republic of Zambia: Ministry of Community Development , Mother and Child Health & Department of Social Welfare,

This brochure outlines adoption policy and procedure in Zambia, including a definition of adoption, how it works, its limitations, requirements for adopting a child, and other conditions.

Republic of Zambia: Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health - Department of Social Welfare,

This brochure outlines the Public Welfare Assistance Scheme, including services related to inspection of child-care facilities and adoption.

Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health & Department of Social Welfare ,

This brochure contains information about foster care in Zambia, including the definition of foster care, its limitations, its importance, how to become a foster carer and how foster licenses are granted. 

Zambia Ministry of Gender and Child Development ,

In order to strengthen the national response to child marriage, the Government of Zambia developed a five-year National Strategy on Ending Child Marriage (2016-2021). 

Katie Januario, John Hembling, Ashley Rytter Kline and Jini Roby - Catholic Relief Services,

This is a study from Catholic Relief Services that investigates the factors related to children’s placement in Catholic-affiliated residential care facilities in Zambia.  According to this study, the government estimates that there are approximately 190 residential-care facilities located in Zambia, and of those 40 are Catholic-affiliated.  At the time of this study, there were 1674 residents living in residential care.

Better Care Network,

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Zambia, extracted from the 2013-14 DHS survey. 

Siân Long and Kelley Bunkers - UNICEF and World Vision International,

This report from UNICEF and World Vision International documents country level approaches that respond to HIV and child protection challenges facing children and adolescents by linking both those responses.

UNICEF Zambia,

Child Care System Reform - Temporary Appointment (TA) position