Children most at risk are those who lacked education or livelihood opportunities, or were in situations of poverty and displacement, before conflict even arrived.Ĭalling for more systematic risk and vulnerability assessments - including through an intersectional gender lens - she said such factors as gender stereotyping could be warnings that conflict-related sexual violence is possible.
Noting that trends in violations again remain “at a shockingly high level” for 2022, the year for which her office is now compiling data, she cited ongoing instances of killing, maiming, recruitment to armed conflict, abduction and the denial of humanitarian access to children around the globe. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict, said 25 situations - including one region - are currently being monitored by the United Nations children and armed conflict agenda. Two Special Representatives of the Secretary-General, along with a young woman representing civil society, also briefed the 15-member Council about the importance of early conflict prevention and including the voices of children themselves in designing the interventions intended to protect them. With cycles of conflict becoming more intense, frequent and complex, the global community must prioritize risk assessments that raise red flags about potential violence against children, senior officials told the Security Council today, as members took stock of progress made in implementing their “children in armed conflict” agenda. Trends in Killing, Maiming, Recruitment of Child Soldiers Remain at ‘Shockingly High Level’ Warns Special Representative
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