Using the 'protective environment' framework to analyse children's protection needs in Darfur

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 548-573

  Ager, Alastair ^a   Boothby, Neil ^a   Bremer, Megan ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural practices; Displacement; Economic conditions; Enforcement; Legislation; Monitoring and reporting; Political violence; Protective environment; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; HUMANITARIAN AID; POLITICAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE; VULNERABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POLITICS; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUDAN; VIOLENCE; WAR; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; REFUGEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDAN; VIOLENCE; WAR;

AFRICA; DARFUR; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 70049107743     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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