Social Science Research Council

The data collection project, developed in partnership with UNICEF and funded by the European Commission and the Norwegian government, focused on collecting accurate disaggregated data on the impact of armed conflict on children in Sri Lanka, Angola, Colombia and the DRC.

This project aimed at developing inventories of existing data on CAC globally and in each of the four countries; establishing protocols on methodologies and tools and data collection on CAC; producing new disaggregated data on the impact of armed conflict on children in the four countries; and developing the capacity of local actors for research and advocacy on CAC.The Sri Lanka report has now been published and was distributed to local, national and international policy-makers, NGOs, and other stakeholders within Sri Lanka and elsewhere. The remaining reports on Angola and DRC are currently in the final stages of publication and will be widely distributed within their respective countries and internationally. The country coordinator for the Colombia study also plans to individually publish journal articles using the findings of the Data Collection Project.