Save the Children has . The report is an update from last year’s results, both of which use research commissioned from ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ.
Last year ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ’s research showed that the number of children living in conflict zones had increased by 75% in the last 20 years. The updated numbers show that 30 million more children are living in conflict-affected areas than in the previous year, amounting to more than 1 in 6.
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Senior Researchers Gudrun Østby, Siri Aas Rustad, and Andreas Forø Tollefsen contributed to the new research. In conjunction with the Save the Children report being released they have also published a policy brief titled ‘Children Affected by Armed Conflict, 1990–2017’. ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Director Henrik Urdal will discuss the new research at a Save the Children roundtable event at the
Click here to read the policy brief ‘Children Affected by Armed Conflict, 1990–2017’.
