Innocenti Research Briefs War and Economic Downturn: The impact of the war in Ukraine and the subsequent economic downturn on children and families in Europe and Central Asia AUTHOR(S) Margherita Squarcina; Alessandro Carraro; Frank Otchere; Dominic Richardson Published: 2023 Innocenti Research Briefs The war in Ukraine triggered an economic shock in countries in Eastern and Central Asia, a region that has been visited by multiple economic shocks in the past decades. For the children and families The shock featured a spike in the prices of commodities including food and fuel. As a result, poor families who spend a greater proportion of their incomes on necessities – such as food and fuel – were the hardest hit. The result was greater risk of poverty, weakened school attachment and increased infant mortality, among others.This UNICEF Innocenti Research Brief shares projections about the fallout of this crisis on poverty, schooling, infant mortality and the purchasing power of families. It also reviews the social protections put in place in response to the crisis and makes recommendation for future social protection responses. + - Cite this publication | Thematic area: Child Poverty | Tags: agricultural prices, armed conflicts, commodity prices, consumer prices, economic analysis, fuel, petroleum prices, war × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Margherita Squarcina; Alessandro Carraro; Frank Otchere; Dominic Richardson 2023 War and Economic Downturn: The impact of the war in Ukraine and the subsequent economic downturn on children and families in Europe and Central Asia.
Innocenti Insights Birth Registration and Armed Conflict Published: 2007 Innocenti Insights The research theme was identified within the framework of the European Network for the Research Agenda on Children in Armed Conflict and has been developed by UNICEF IRC with the co-operation of a number of Network partners and UNICEF offices in the field. It reviews the problem of non-registration in conflict-affected countries while drawing on case studies to analyze successful or promising initiatives to ensure registration. The ultimate goal is to assist practitioners in the field in conflict and post-conflict environments to promote emerging encouraging practices in ensuring the right of the child to birth registration and thereby to the enjoyment of many rights. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 52 | Thematic area: Conflict and Displacement | Tags: armed conflicts, civil war, conflicts, convention on the rights of the child × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2007 Birth Registration and Armed Conflict. , pp. 52.
Innocenti Insights The Two Faces of Education in Ethnic Conflict: Towards a peacebuilding education for children AUTHOR(S) Diana Saltarelli; Kenneth D. Bush Published: 2000 Innocenti Insights The Two Faces of Education in Ethnic Conflict challenges a widely-held assumption - that education is inevitably a force for good. While stressing the many stabilizing aspects of good quality education, editors Kenneth Bush and Diana Saltarelli show how education can be manipulated to drive a wedge between people, rather than drawing them closer together. After analyzing the increasing importance of ethnicity in contemporary conflicts, this Innocenti Insight outlines the negative and positive faces of education in situations of tension or violence, including the denial of education as a weapon of war (negative) and the cultivation of inclusive citizenship (positive). It emphasizes the need for peacebuilding education that goes further than the 'add good education and stir' approach, aiming to transform the very foundations of intolerance. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 52 | Thematic area: Education | Tags: armed conflicts, chechnya, education, ethnic groups, minority groups, northern ireland, right to enjoy own culture | Publisher: Innocenti Research Centre × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Diana Saltarelli; Kenneth D. Bush 2000 The Two Faces of Education in Ethnic Conflict: Towards a peacebuilding education for children. , pp. 52.
Innocenti Publications Protection in Practice: The protection of children's rights in situations of armed conflict. UNICEF experience in Burundi AUTHOR(S) Ben Majekodunmi Published: 1999 Innocenti Publications In 1997, UNICEF’s first international Child Protection Officer, Ben Majekodunmi, took up his post in Burundi. This publication summarizes his experience and draws lessons for future child protection activities in emergency situations. Primarily aimed at UNICEF and UN policy makers, the publication calls for the creation of a systematic child protection capacity in the field as an integral part of an overall UN strategy. The development of an agreed methodology for child rights protection in the field is still in its embryonic stages. As UNICEF’s main research arm, the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre explores new areas on behalf of the organization as a whole. This document, based upon first-hand experience, is one part of the Centre’s contribution to the development of such methodology within UNICEF and within the UN as a whole. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 48 | Thematic area: Conflict and Displacement | Tags: armed conflicts, child protection, children in armed conflicts, children's rights | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ben Majekodunmi 1999 Protection in Practice: The protection of children's rights in situations of armed conflict. UNICEF experience in Burundi. , pp. 48.