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

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Uganda, extracted from the 2011 DHS survey. 

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Tanzania extracted from the 2010 DHS survey.

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Swaziland, extracted from the MICS 4 (2010) survey. 

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

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Kenya, extracted from the 2003 DHS survey. 

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Ethiopia, extracted from the 2011 DHS survey. 

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Burundi, extracted from the 2010 DHS survey.

As part of its Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Initiative, BCN, along with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) and the National Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) – an interagency platform of national child protection stakeholders - convened a national consultative workshop on 11 and 12 November 2014. This report from the workshop presents the priorities for action identified by the workshop participants, including: strengthening capacity for family strengthening and alternative care, evidence building and sharing, and strengthening advocacy.

As part of the work of the BCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Initiative, the National Commission for Children in partnership with BCN, and Save the Children convened a national consultative workshop in Kigali, Rwanda on 26 and 27 November 2014. This report presents a summary of the main priority outcomes which were identified by participants during the meeting, including: evidence building and sharing, strengthening advocacy, and strengthening capacity.