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Children affected by armed conflict
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Protection Beyond Reach: State of play of refugee and migrant children's rights in Europe
Five years ago, on 2 September 2015, three-year-old Alan Kurdi lost his life just off the Turkish coast. Images of his dead body have become a tragic symbol of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’, when over 1 million refugees and migrants, a third of whom were
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The Central Sahel: A children's crisis
The Sahel Region currently faces an unprecedented crisis as escalating violence, rising levels of food insecurity, continued displacement, and the impacts of the COVID19 pandemic, all converge to create one of the worst humanitarian emergencies in the wor
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Hidden Hunger in Syria: A look at malnutrition across Syria with a focus on under-twos
Nutrition programming has long remained underfunded and overlooked in the Syrian response because rates of acute malnutrition (wasting) have remained within what are considered acceptable levels. But it is not just wasting that is a problem. In Syria toda
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Stop the War on Children 2020: Gender matters
The third report of Save the Children's Stop the War on Children campaign reveals shocking trends in the threats to the safety and wellbeing of children living in areas impacted by conflict. While fewer children are living in conflict-affected areas, thos
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Five Years of Fear and Loss: The devastating impact of war on the mental health of Yemen’s children
Over the past five years, the war in Yemen has had a devastating impact on the children in Yemen, including on their mental health. Save the Children interviewed over 1,250 children, parents and other adult caregivers across three governorates in Yemen in
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Turning the Tables: Insights from locally-led humanitarian partnerships in conflict-affected situations
At a time when the humanitarian system is struggling to respond to the scale of human suffering amid increasing violent conflict, climate change and natural disasters, localisation promises to add capacity to the system. With better local access, contextu
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Listen To Us: Girls’ and boys’ gendered experiences of the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Since 2014, an armed conflict has been ongoing in eastern Ukraine. An estimated 5.2 million people are affected by the conflict. This study aims to help fill a gap in evidence concerning the gendered impact of the conflict on boys and girls of different a
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Psychosocial Safety: Pathways to psychosocial safety for Syria's displaced children and adolescents
The conflict that began in Syria in March 2011 has resulted in the largest displacement crisis in the world: over six million Syrians are currently living as internally displaced people (IDPs) and, in 2019, people inside of Syria continue to be displaced
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Without School: The impact of attacks on education in North West Syria on children
Ten years of conflict has affected the lives of millions of children in Syria, killing thousands. In 2019 alone, 251 children were killed in North West Syria alone during conflict. The conflict has also decimated civilian infrastructure, and schools have
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Danger is Our Reality: The impact of conflict and the occupation on education in the West Bank of the occupied Palestinian territory
Palestinian children have lived the entirety of their lives under military occupation and conflict. Many Palestinian children are exposed to dangers on their way to and from school and in the classroom. While the scale of attacks on children’s education i
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A Children's Crisis: Update on Al Hol camp and COVID-19 concerns
A COVID-19 crisis in Al Hol would be a children’s crisis. Children in the camp, many with already weakened immune systems or underlying health conditions as a result of living in desperate conditions during their formative years, may struggle to cope with
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Protecting Children in Armed Conflict
There may never have been a golden age in which respect for human rights protected children from war. But by any measure of suffering experienced by children caught up in conflict, we are living in a truly dark age. In conflicts across the world, children