Conflict affects children in multiple ways. Children are supposed to be eating three meals a day, they are supposed to be interacting with other kids and getting home to their parents. Instead, millions found themselves walking miles to get to a safe place without proper clothes, not knowing if they will have a meal that day, and exposed to risks of exploitation or death. This presentation and the ones that will follow focus on one important area of conflict: their education. It is horrible to think that conflict has deprived them of their own childhood but its hopeful to know organizations like UNICEF and the IRC are trying to better their situation. One way to do it is investing in their education. Click on the hyperlinks to find out how to help!

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Selected Social Media Post
Image retrieved from the International Rescue Committee’s Instagram

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Theme
The effect of conflict in
children’s education

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Research: Context
¼ (535M) of the children
worldwide live in a country in
conflict.
59M kids are illiterate.
Between 2013-2017,there were
12,700 attacks on education
Image retrieved from the International Rescue Committee’s Website
Rescue Gifts Section. Gift: A New Classroom

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Research: Context
1 year of education reduces
the risk of conflict by 20%
Conflict affects children
o Learning abilities
o Memory
o Social interactions
o Control of emotions
o Stress,anxiety and fear
Image retrieved from UNICEF’s Instagram

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Research: Displacement
Refugees are 5 times more
likely to be out of school.
Youth without education
are more likely to be
exploited.
Image retrieved from UNICEF’s Instagram

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Research: Help
Only 2% of humanitarian aid
goes to education
A refugee girl’s education
costs $58 for a year
Building an emergency class
for refugees costs $1500
Image retrieved from UNICEF’s Instagram

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https://www.unicef.org/media/media_100857.html
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Bahgat%2C%20Dupuy%2C%20%C3%98stby%20et
%20al-%20Children%20Affected%20by%20Armed%20Conflict%2C%20Conflict%20Trends%201-2018.pdf
https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-emergencies
https://en.unesco.org/news/23-billion-required-send-children-school-war-torn-countries
https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/01/1001661
https://www.voanews.com/a/un-1-in-4-children-live-in-country-of-conflict-or-disaster/4476047.html
https://www.globalpartnership.org/data-and-results/education-data
https://www.unicefusa.org/sites/default/files/ECD.pdf
https://blogs.unicef.org/blog/brain-development-in-children-the-impact-of-adversity/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-43059413
https://www.savethechildren.net/article/one-six-children-globally-living-areas-impacted-conflict
https://www.rescue.org/resource/violence-prevention-and-response-international-rescue-committee
https://www.rescue.org/page/our-goals-education
https://gifts.rescue.org/product/education/year-school-two-girls
https://www.unicef-irc.org/research/children-affected-by-armed-conflict/
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/degree%20programs/MPP/files/Feintuch_PAE_Soft-
Copy.pdf
https://www.sree.org/conferences/2018s/program/download/abstract/2655_intro.pdf
https://www.unicef.org/stories/fighting-rights-children-armed-conflict
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/world-has-failed-protect-children-conflict-2018-
unicef
https://www.savethechildren.net/malala-day
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000155578
https://www.unicef.org/media/media_95861.html
https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-half-all-out-school-children-live-conflict-affected-
countries
https://en.unesco.org/news/conflict-sensitive-education-%E2%80%93-why-and-how
https://en.unesco.org/gem-report/report/2019/migration
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg4
https://en.unesco.org/themes/protecting-attack
https://en.unesco.org/gem-report/report/2011/hidden-crisis-armed-conflict-and-education
https://www.unicef.org/eca/press-releases/3-10-young-people-conflict-or-disaster-stricken-
countries-are-illiterate
https://www.globalcitizen.org/es/content/illiteracy-war-zone-kids-conflict-disaster/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4921424/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/children-conflict-war-living-save-the-children-
report-357-million-a8211161.html
https://educateachild.org/our-partners-projects/partner/international-rescue-committee
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