Paper details
| Paper authors | Tushar Saha |
| In panel on | Children and Improved Crisis Response |
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Abstract
“Children displaced in Kenya’s 2007 elections sell sex and live in tents” – U.N Report
People in Africa are continually devastated by human made disasters. The children are caught in the crossfire of the adult game. Recruitment of child soldier and forced marriages of girl children by LRA, abduction of girl children by Boko Haram are the cruellest instances of coldblooded inhumanity.
The children suffer most in this theatre of violence orchestrated by the criminal minds. The children affected by PREV/PEV in Kenya are a class by itself. UNICEF estimates that violence in Kenya has displaced 100,000 children, at least 75,000 of whom are living in IDP camps. Children residing in displaced environment had been the victims of gang rape, forced prostitution, poor schooling, malnutrition, and companionship. The question is how can we achieve SDG for children in global scale in the midst of war, conflict and tension of uncertainty? One can hypothesise that we need to extend comprehensive support to bring succour to the suffering souls but a durable and sustainable solution can only be found by addressing the root causes of conflict generation. The Paper examines extent of the deprivation of education rights of children in IDP camps in Kenya through the lens of CRC and highlights these burning issues impacting on the prospects of children growing up in unsalutary conditions.
