Beyond the rubble: eight overlooked ways that urban warfare is affecting children

August 22, 2024 14 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Education in Armed Conflict / Persons with disabilities / Protection of education / Social Protection / Special Protections / Special Themes / Urban warfare Timothy P. Williams, Alexandra Jackson & Vanessa Murphy

In cities from Gaza to those in Sudan and Ukraine, childhoods are irrevocably changed by ...

Not child’s play: protecting children’s data in humanitarian AI ecosystems

December 14, 2023 8 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Children in conflict / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Roxana Radu & Eugenia Olliaro

In times of crisis and conflict, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (AI/ML) might ...

Protecting education from attack during armed conflict

September 13, 2023 29 mins read Access / Analysis / Children in conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanity in War podcast / IHL Michel Anglade, Mark Chapple & Elizabeth Rushing

Attacks on and military use of education facilities frequently occur during armed conflict, disrupting and ...

Protecting education from non-state armed group attacks

September 12, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Children in conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / IHL / Protection of education Jerome Marston

Non-state armed groups are responsible for a significant proportion of attacks that kill and injure ...

Protecting education from attack during COVID-19: a new day, a new call to action

September 9, 2020 8 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / COVID-19 and conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Religion Bede Sheppard

Efforts to protect students, teachers, and schools during times of armed conflict will get extra ...

Reflecting on our inner child through the lens of children affected by war

May 28, 2020 10 mins read Children in conflict / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Religion / Review-related / Sexual Violence Sai Sathyanarayanan Venkatesh

In wartime, children are especially vulnerable. They are all too often drawn into hostilities and ...

Rebuilding peace in divided education systems

January 23, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / Education in Armed Conflict Laura K. Taylor & Alexandra Jacobs

Key to promoting peacebuilding among a post-conflict generation is understanding how children’s awareness, attitudes, and ...

Three reasons why education needs the support of humanitarian actors in conflict zones

December 12, 2019 11 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Protracted Conflict Filipa Schmitz Guinote

This week, the ICRC and the IFRC held a side event on education at the ...

Children and war: upcoming Review edition

November 19, 2019 6 mins read Call for papers / Children in conflict / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence / Special Protections Ellen Policinski

The International Review of the Red Cross has an upcoming edition on Children and war due ...

Bombs & blast waves: Why children in conflict need special care

September 13, 2018 9 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / Humanitarian Action / Stories Paul Reavley

I’ve deployed numerous times during my career in the military, and on every deployment, I ...