Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2008. Focus: In the Shadow of War
- Document number
- 1815
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2008. Focus: In the Shadow of War
- Author/publisher
- Plan International
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Violence, Human rights violation, Crime against humanity, War crime, Armed conflict, Post-conflict situation, Terrorism,
- Summary
- The focus on this year’s report is on girls living in the shadow of war. Girls are affected differently from every other section of society in countries teetering on the edge of conflict, during war and in its aftermath. They need different services and support, but in fact it is precisely at these times that girls can become invisible, and both their contributions and potential ignored. The report is organised into two sections – the first is a comprehensive overview of secondary data and an analysis of why girls experience war and conflict in the way that they do. It includes the voices of girls from three countries, who we met with to discuss their experiences and to gain their insight. Girls suffer regardless of which side of the conflict they are on, yet their voices are rarely heard. The second section of the report demonstrates that despite progress in some areas, e.g. the actual numbers of girls now in primary school has increased, there is much to be done to improve the situation for girls. The global figures we are monitoring every year show how girls are faring – we are following a cohort of 135 girls until 2015, tracking legal changes, and tracking global data and indicators. Professor Geraldine Van Bueren begins this section by outlining additional legal protection that is needed.
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