Thematic Focus: Children

Event:

UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs, Geneva, 15-17 June 2016 [info]
- This year's theme is "Youth"; follow link for concept note, consultation reports, toolkit and background papers; register by 10 May 2016.

Publications:

Child Protection in Emergencies: Coordination Handbook (Global Protection Cluster, March 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Childhood under Attack: Faces Behind the Numbers (Refugees Deeply, March 2016) [text]

Children on the Brink: The Impact of Violence and Conflict on Yemen and its Children (UNICEF, March 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Closed Doors: Mexico's Failure to Protect Central American Refugee and Migrant Children (Human Rights Watch, March 2016) [text]
- See also related Guardian news article.

The Forgotten Children Report, RegNet Research Paper, no. 104 (Australian National University, 2016) [text via SSRN]

"House of Lords Votes to Let Lone Child Refugees Come to Britain," The Guardian, 21 March 2016 [text]

"Stories from Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Detention: A Composite Account," Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 51, no. 7 (July 2015) [free full-text]

Why Are We Failing to Support Lone Refugee Children? (Refugees Deeply, March 2016) [text]

Resource:

Unfairy Tales (UNICEF) [access]
- Series of three animated films that tell true stories about children fleeing from conflict. "They have been animated in the style of a fairy tale and will be supported by an interactive e-book experience also called Unfairy Tales."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children (25 March 2016)

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