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Podcast: ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog
Episode: Beyond the rubble: eight overlooked ways that urban warfare is affecting children
Description: In cities from Gaza to those in Sudan and Ukraine, childhoods are irrevocably changed by urban warfare. Yet despite the number of children affected and the increasingly urbanized nature of conflict, the detail of the child-specific nature of the harm caused remains poorly understood by practitioners and decision-makers. To address this gap, in 2023 the ICRC published a new report – Childhood in Rubble: The Humanitarian Consequences of Urban Warfare for Children – drawing from existing literature, 52 interviews with experts, and the organization’s firsthand experience.
In this post, three of the report’s contributors set out eight overlooked ways that children are affected...