TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Monitoring and reporting attacks on education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia
JO  - Disasters
A1  - Bennouna, Cyril
A1  - van Boetzelaer, Elburg
A1  - Rojas, Lina
A1  - Richard, Kinyera
A1  - Karume, Gang
A1  - Nshombo, Marius
A1  - Roberts, Leslie
A1  - Boothby, Neil
SP  - 314
EP  - 335
VL  - 42
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-3666
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/disa.12245
ID  - ref1
ER  -