Policies and reports

War Child values diversity and inclusion and seeks to ensure there are no discriminatory cultures or practices in our places of work. This policy sets out our commitments in regards to diversity and inclusion and provides guidance on anti-discriminatory practice.

This policy is designed to enable War Child UK employees and representatives to raise concerns internally and at a high level and to disclose information which they believe demonstrates malpractice or impropriety.

This report outlines a VoiceMore project led by a group of young people living in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in the Yumbe district of northern Uganda, supported by War Child. It details their concerns regarding the situation of orphan and separated children in refugee and host communities, what they feel are the causes and consequences, the research they designed and conducted, and their recommendations for ways to address the issue.

This is the first of War Child UK’s annual reports on UK commitment to children in armed conflict.

Thanks to our amazing supporters and partners, we reached a total of 100,217 children, young people and adults in conflict-affected countries in 2019.

This briefing paper features stories of children and their families to illustrate the challenges being faced because of Covid-19.

2018 was another proud year for War Child in our efforts to support and stand up for children in some of the most hostile environments on earth. As a result of our work, more than 100,000 children and their families living with the scourge of conflict across Africa and the Middle East were able to access a range of crucial services.

This report aims to bring global attention to the challenges related to the reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups, and promote better policy, practice and funding in the future.

This report focuses on how the current conflict in Yemen is undermining children’s rights – in particular school age children’s right to an education.

This report outlines a VoiceMore project led by a group of young people living in Bangui in the Central African Republic, supported by War Child. It details their concerns regarding sexual abuse and corruption in schools, what they feel are the causes and consequences, the research they designed and conducted, and their recommendations for ways to address the issue.

This report examines the extent to which the rights of children in armed conflict are promoted and protected by UK government in five countries where state forces/state aligned forces are listed for grave violations against children.

This is a study on the push and pull factors influencing children to join armed groups ‘voluntarily’ in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.