War affects girls and boys differently: what we found in our study of children in the DRC

By Roos van der Haer, Assistant professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University
Kathleen J. Brown, PhD Candidate, Institute of Political Science, Leiden University

War has become a regular part of life for many children. Millions are victims and witnesses to the horrors of war. Recent estimates by researchers at the Peace Research Institute Oslo show that one in six children globally lives in a conflict zone, and Africa has the highest number of conflict-affected children.

Many children are forced to become

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