@article{ref1,
title="Monitoring and reporting attacks on education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia",
journal="Disasters",
year="2018",
author="Bennouna, Cyril and van Boetzelaer, Elburg and Rojas, Lina and Richard, Kinyera and Karume, Gang and Nshombo, Marius and Roberts, Leslie and Boothby, Neil",
volume="42",
number="2",
pages="314-335",
abstract="The United Nations' Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism is charged with documenting six grave violations against children in a time of conflict, including attacks on schools. Many of these incidents, however, remain unreported across the globe. This study explores whether or not a local knowledge base of education and child protection actors in North and South Kivu Provinces, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and in Mogadishu, Somalia, could contribute to a more complete record of attacks on education in those areas. Hundreds of semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants across the three settings, and in total 432 attacks on education were documented. Purposive samples of these reports were verified and a large majority was confirmed. Local non-governmental organisations and education institutions were most knowledgeable about these incidents, but most never reported them to a monitoring authority. The study concludes that attack surveillance and response were largely insufficient, and recommends investing in mechanisms that utilise local knowledge to address these shortcomings.<br><br>© 2017 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2017.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-3666",
doi="10.1111/disa.12245",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/disa.12245"
}