Children in War and Disaster

Children in a disaster: health protection and intervention

Children are disproportionately affected by disasters. They have greater physiological, psychological and sociological vulnerabilities, often exacerbated by the ...

From Despair to Hope: Children Beyond Armed Conflict

Children are the most vulnerable in times of armed conflict. Wars and hostilities deprive them of their lives, families, homes, essentially from their very ...

Children in Crisis | Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

With one in every four children in the world living in a country afflicted by conflict or disaster, it is essential for the international community to ...

Recognizing the Signs of Stress in Children After a Disaster

Military parents can learn how to recognize and address signs of stress to help their children cope with their feelings and improve their ...

Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War

Children of War Foundation

Children of War Foundation's "COWF" mission is to deliver access to global health and education to communities affected by poverty, war, natural disaster, ...

1 in 4 children live in country of conflict or disaster, UN says

Henrietta Fore told a Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict that it is “almost beyond comprehension” that one of every four ...

How is the Ukraine war affecting children's mental health? - Al Jazeera

Nearly a quarter of the world's children are estimated to live in countries affected by armed conflict or disaster.

Mitigating the effects of war and displacement on children

It examines some of the responses of refugee children to their losses and the traumatic events that have befallen them, and examines some of the ways that ...

Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War

There are 6 modules in this course. How do children overcome hazardous experiences to succeed in life? What can be done to protect young people at risk from ...

Children and Armed Conflict | Human Rights Watch

Thousands of children are serving as soldiers in armed conflicts around the world or are currently detained as national security threats, often for alleged ...

The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children

More than 10 million deaths in children younger than 5 years can be attributed to conflict between 1995 and 2015 globally. Women of reproductive ages living ...

Disasters and Scary Events: Helping Children Cope

Turn off the TV and radio to help protect children from being overwhelmed with the repeated stories and video images of the disaster. · If you choose to have the ...

The United Nations Children and Armed Conflict Agenda

One in five children lives in a country affected by conflict. Despite concerted international and national efforts to protect children, ...

Children and war: 'More than ever' living near conflict - BBC

One in six children on the planet are living within 50km of an armed conflict, a charity says.

Emergencies and Survival - Save the Children Canada

We work in conflict zones with war-affected girls and boys; before, during and after the onset of a natural disaster; and in failed and fragile states. The ...

Child Abuse in Natural Disasters and Conflicts: A Systematic Review

Violence against children affects a significant portion of youth around the world. Emergencies and natural disasters escalate the risk due to weakened child ...

Middle East: Children endure devastating impacts from crisis

“The conflict is impacting children caught in this cycle of violence, hunger, and displacement. Behind each statistic is a story — stories of ...

American Academy of Pediatrics Announces First Policy Statement ...

"The impact of armed conflict on children is among the most critical health issues affecting children worldwide. We must advocate for children ...

A Comparative Study of the Mental Health Effects of War, COVID-19 ...

The studies show that while some children experience post-traumatic stress disorder after a natural disaster, symptoms may decrease over time.7-8, 14-15 However ...