Child refugees
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- A hidden crisis: turning the spotlight on armed conflict and education
- ( S. Al-Samarrai;N. Bella;S. Cameron / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2011)
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Violent conflict is one of the greatest development challenges facing the international community. Beyond the immediate human suffering it causes, it is a source of poverty, inequality and economic...
- How can UN and INGOs protect Palestinian children under occupation?
- ( J. Hart;C.L. Forte / Forced Migration Online , 2010)
- This paper explores the constraints that international and UN agencies face in protecting Palestinian children in the context of occupation, and the systematic appropriation of land and resources. The...
Refugee girls in states affected by armed conflict
- ( Women's Refugee Commission , 2009)
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More than 140 million girls live in fragile states affected by armed conflict. As they flee from war, girls face many dangers, including rape, landmines, gunfire and hunger. They may be recruited i...
- Reducing child mortality in emergencies
- ( World Health Organization , 2008)
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The acute phase of an emergency is defined by crude mortality rate and persists as long as the crude mortality rate is at least double the baseline mortality rate, that is, as long as there ar...
Ensuring non-discrimination when dealing with emergencies
- ( B. Shrestha (ed);J. Wisecarver (ed);T. Hyder (ed) / Save the Children Fund , 2008)
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Agencies who respond to emergencies are also in danger of maintaining or even worsening the entrenched exclusion and prejudice experienced by many people before an emergency. Children, as an alread...
- Returnee children in Liberia
- ( M. Boas; A. Hatloy / Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway , 2006)
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This report documents the kinds of formal and informal work that children and youth may be involved with in the context of a return situation in a fragile or a post conflict environment.
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- Internal displacement and child labour due to armed conflict
- ( A. Tamang; J. Frederick / Save the Children Fund , 2006)
- This study of child labour and armed conflict in Nepal provides hard evidence to support the assertion that ever-increasing numbers of young children in Nepal are being forced to abandon their communi...
- Making Best Interests Determinations for refugee children
- ( United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees , 2008)
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The principle of the best interests of the child has been the subject of extensive consideration, in both academic and operational circles. However, applying this principle in practice remains...
- Caring for children separated from families by complex emergencies
- ( M. de la Soudière; J. Williamson; J. Botte / United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2005)
- This paper gives a detailed overview of how to care to give care to, and trace the families of, children between the ages of zero and five years. This includes a detailed discussion of how parents and...
- Exploitation of children in Liberia
- ( Save the Children Fund , 2006)
- Children have been affected by the war and displacement in Liberia over the past two decades, such as by recruitment into armed forces, separation from their families, witnessing atrocities, rape and ...
