57. Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees

By Deborah Ellis (2010)

Amazon: The United States and its allies invaded Iraq seven years ago. Today the country is still at war, and no one can claim that true democracy has come. Four million Iraqis have been displaced, and about half of them, unable to flee the country, are now living in remote tent camps without access to schools, health care, or often even food and clean water.

In Children of War, a companion title to Off to War: Voices of Soldiers' Children, Deborah Ellis turns her attention to the most tragic victims of the Iraq war — Iraqi children. She interviews two dozen young people, mostly refugees living in Jordan, but also a few who are trying to build new lives in North America. Their frank and harrowing stories reveal inspiring resilience as the children try to survive the consequences of a war in which they play no part.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Children-War-Voices-Iraqi-Refugees/dp/0888999089

56. Children at War by P W Singer (2006)

Amazon: From U.S. soldiers having to fight children in Afghanistan and Iraq to juvenile terrorists in Sri Lanka to Palestine, the new, younger face of battle is a terrible reality of 21st century warfare. Indeed, the very first American soldier killed by hostile fire in the 'War on Terrorism' was shot by a fourteen-year-old Afghan boy.

'Children at War' is the first comprehensive examination of a disturbing and escalating phenomenon: the use of children as soldiers around the globe. Interweaving explanatory narrative with the voices of child soldiers themselves, P.W. Singer, an internationally recognized expert in modern warfare, introduces the brutal reality of conflict, where children are sent off to fight in war-torn hotspots from Colombia and the Sudan to Kashmir and Sierra Leone.

He explores the evolution of this phenomenon, how and why children are recruited, indoctrinated, trained, and converted to soldiers and then lays out the consequences for global security, with a special case study on terrorism. With this established, he lays out the responses that can end this horrible practice. What emerges is not only a compelling and clarifying read on the darker reality of modern warfare, but also a clear and urgent call for action.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-at-War-P-Singer/dp/0520248767

55. Unmet needs and diminished opportunities : disability, displacement and humanitarian healthcare

MIRZA, Mansha, June 2011

Handicap International at Source: This research study investigates 'the health-related needs of displaced persons with disabilities and how these needs can be better addressed in the context of displacement camps.'

It is useful for people interested in the displacement of people with disabilities. Research Paper No 212

More resources: http://www.asksource.info/topics/humanitarian/disability-and-displacement

54. Disability checklist for emergency response: general protection and inclusion principles of persons with disabilities/injuries

HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL, 2010

Handicap International at Source: Adapted from the 'Disability Task Force', this checklist provides useful guidelines about general protection and inclusion principles for people with disabilites or injuries in emergency situations.

The following topics are highlighted: health, food and nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene; protection; psychosocial support; reconstruction and shelter; livelihoods; and education.

This checklist would be useful for practitioners interested in the protection and inclusion of people with disabilities in emergency situations.

More resources: http://www.asksource.info/topics/humanitarian/disability-and-displacement