Protection on Children and Adolescents in Complex Emergencies
In November 1998, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Redd Barna (Save the Children Norway) hosted a conference on protection of children1 and adolescents in complex emergencies, in co-operation with the... read more Posted on 11-24-2009
Internally Displaced Children and Adolescents
Three-quarters of the world’s 25 million people internally displaced by conflict are believed to be women and children. This paper is an introduction to the impact of displacement onchildren, the... read more Posted on 11-24-2009
Refugee Girls: The Invisible Faces of War
This document from the Womens Refugee Commission shows that because of their powerlessness, adolescent girls in refugee situations are more vulnerable to forced marriage, sexual slavery and forms of gender-based... read more Posted on 11-23-2009
Nov 20th: 20 years of the CRC
November 20th, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, an international human rights document signed and ratified by UN member countries in 1989. The... read more Posted on 11-20-2009