Children in displacement

Working with Young Children Who Are Victims of Armed Conflict

The article gives evidence of psychosocial interventions designed to help children affected by conflict and displacement. Through a systematic review, the article concludes that psychosocial interventions and normalisation of routines are more effective than therapeutic interventions that draw on PTSD and thus tend to impose cultural norms from minority world countries.

Publication year: 2010
Content Type: Academic paper

How The Different Policies and School Systems Affect the Inclusion of Syrian Refugee Children in Sweden, Germany, Greece, Lebanon and Turkey

This article compares how Syrian refugee children experience inclusion or exclusion in schools systems in Sweden, Germany, Greece, Turkey and Lebanon. The authors conclude that schools that include refugee children in regular classes with local children result in higher levels of school success compared to segregated systems which result in children leaving or not attending…

Publication year: 2019
Content Type: Academic paper

Ensuring Access to Health Care: Operational Guidance on Refugee Protection and Solutions in Urban Areas

This report includes operational guidance for public health programming in urban settings for refugees and asylum seekers to provide practical guidance that can be adapted according to differing contexts. It draws on best practices and illustrative examples from cities and towns where UNHCR is currently working with urban refugees.

Publication year: 2011
Content Type: Report

Understanding the Root Causes of Displacement: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Prevention and Solutions

The UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) eighth annual High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges – on the theme Understanding and addressing the root causes of displacement – will take place on 16 and 17 December 2015 in Geneva. The dialogue seeks to foster a more nuanced understanding of the drivers of displacement and to identify opportunities…

Publication year: 2015
Content Type: Report

Durable Solutions for Children Toolkit

68 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2017, double those displaced in 2005. More than half are children, many of whom are likely to be amongst the poorest and most vulnerable children on the planet. As trends of displacement move ever upwards, it is increasingly essential that we identify solutions that ensure…

Publication year: 2019
Content Type: Toolkit

Restoring Playfulness: Different Approaches to Assisting Children Who Are Psychologically Affected by War and Displacement

This book is divided into two parts. The first part provides an overview of key themes and issues related to refugee children including their experiences, the importance of culture, play, parenting and school for their recovery, the need for timely intervention and strategies to achieve maximum impact. The second part presents seven case studies conducted…

Publication year: 1996
Content Type: Book

War, Conflict and Play

This book provides an overall view of the impact of war and displacement on children and their development. It notes that children can be affected by direct exposure to conflict but also by indirect factors such as the emotional state of their carers. While play can have a hugely positive effect on children’s development and…

Publication year: 2005
Content Type: Book

IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) issues these Guidelines to enable humanitarian actors to plan, establish and coordinate a set of minimum multi-sectoral responses to protect and improve people’s mental health and psychosocial well-being in the midst of an emergency. The Guidelines offer essential advice on how to facilitate an integrated approach to address the most…

Publication year: 2007
Content Type: Toolkit

UN Women’s Global Flagship Initiative, Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces

UN Women’s Global Flagship Initiative, Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces develops, implements, and evaluates tools, policies and comprehensive approaches on the prevention of and response to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls across different settings.

Publication year: 2010
Content Type: Other document

New Urban Agenda

The New Urban Agenda presented standards and principles for the planning, construction, development, management, and improvement of urban areas along its five main pillars of implementation: national urban policies, urban legislation and regulations, urban planning and design, local economy and municipal finance, and local implementation. It was developed as “a resource for every level of…

Publication year: 2017
Content Type: Report

Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI)

The Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) provides a governance framework for building child-friendly cities and communities. The framework consists of two pillars: goals and results to be achieved; and strategies to achieve these goals and results. The strategies are related to collecting data & monitoring progress, advocacy & awareness-raising, child-friendly laws & policies, city-wide strategic…

Publication year: 1996
Content Type: Other document

Emotional Problems in Palestinian Children Living in a War Zone: A Cross-Sectional Study

This articles reports on a study conducted in Palestine with 91 children (9-18 years) who were exposed to their homes being bombarded and demolished during Al Aqsa Intifada and 89 children (controls) who had not, but who witnessed bombardment by helicopters, saw mutilated bodies on television, heard about the conflict in the media or were…

Publication year: 2002
Content Type: Academic paper

Risk and Resilience for Psychological Distress Amongst Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Adolescents

This paper aims to investigate the level of posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms, and background risk and protective factors that might increase or ameliorate this distress amongst unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and adolescents (UASC). Cross-sectional survey carried out in London. Participants were 78 UASC aged 13–18 years, predominantly from the Balkans and Africa, compared with 35…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Academic paper

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