Title:
Disabled children in conflict situations
Authors:
Kroft, M. van der
Year:
2005
Serial number:
104
Journal:
Early Childhood Matters
Pages:
55
-
59
ISSN:
1387-9553
Language:
eng
Subject:
Humanitarian Assistance
Keywords:
children
,
humanitarian assistance
,
disability
,
disasters and emergencies
Abstract:
Issues relating to children and conflict are multiplied when it comes to disabled children. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the fate of disabled children in situations of conflict and there is a real need for further research to highlight their circumstances and protect the rights of all children before, during and after war. It is important that human rights watchers and decision-makers from CACD programmes fully understand the negative implications of conflict for disabled children and their families. Further research, monitoring of the violation of rights, and development of practical tools for conflict situations is necessary. At the moment, it is as though disabled children are invisible: they are not consulted in programme development and are not considered in CACD and post-conflict development programmes. As a result the cycle of poverty and exclusion deepens for disabled children and their families.
Organization:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2005 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Document type:
E-article
File:
124437.pdf