You are here
Abduction
-
Education and Healthcare at Risk: Key trends and incidents affecting children's access to healthcare and education in Afghanistan
Conflict in Afghanistan continues to have harsh consequences for children, who account for a quarter of all civilian casualties, are recruited and used by parties to the conflict, or suffer abduction by parties to the armed conflict. This report, publishe
-
"Who Will Care for Us?" Grave Violations Against Children in Northeastern Nigeria
Between March and May of 2014, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict conducted a six-week research mission in Nigeria to shed light on grave violations perpetrated against children. Among their findings, the mission reported attacks on schools, abducti
-
Missing children in the European Union: Mapping, data collection and statistics
The study on missing children was conducted by Ecorys on behalf of DG Justice from July 2012 to June 2013 and had two main objectives: to collect and analyse data and to develop the basis to improve the mechanisms involved when children go missing in the
-
Field manual: Monitoring and reporting mechanism (MRM) on grave violations against children in situation of armed conflict
The information contained in this manual is meant to guide UN and its partners to implement a mechanism to monitor, report and respond to grave violations against children in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1612 and 1882, and in particular to ass
-
The future is now. Education for children affected by conflict
More than half of all children who are out of school live in conflict-affected fragile states. What are the challenges to getting them into school? And what needs to be done? Save the Children’s Rewrite the Future campaign was launched in 2006 to get chil
-
Between decent work and forced labour: examining the continuum of exploitation
A paper commissioned by The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) as part of its programme on forced labour, which aims to influence the development of policy and practice to reduce forced labour in the UK. This paper:- examines how forced labour is currently
-
What is? Security Council
Save the Children, Plan and War Child Holland have been working in partnership to create the “What is...” series, which consists of a number of information leaflets on various issues related to children’s rights. These information leaflets will be especia
-
Informe Alterno del Protocolo Facultativo Relativo a la Participación de Niños en los Conflictos Armados- Colombia
This report provides supplementary information on Colombia’s initial report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC). It covers the review period 2005 to 2008. It provides detailed information on the tendencies a
-
''A lesson in Safety'- Migrant children in China
This article prepared by Save the Children, provides a narrative of migrant children who have traveled to the city with their parents. Migrant children are often unaware of the dangers of living in a city, which may include kidnapping, exploitation and is
-
BARN: En värld i rörelse. Nr 1, 2011
This issue of Save the Children's membership magazine "Barn" is about migration, about children who are driven from their country fleeing war and catastrophe, daring to dream of a better life – and the reality they encounter. Thailand is a favorite vacati
-
Land, livelihoods and identities: Inter-community conflicts in East Africa
In resource-scarce East Africa, minority groups face major challenges over the control of and access to land and natural resources. Minorities find themselves competing with other communities, with the state, and with corporate interests for control of re
-
an uncertain future? Children and Armed Conflict in the Central African Republic
In order to advise policy-makers at a critical juncture after the re-election in January 2011 of President François Bozizé of the Central African Republic (CAR), the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict (Watchlist) and the Internal Displacement Monito