Conflict and violence

This report lays out the high-level drivers of child marriage – disentangling economic drivers, gender norms, and impacts of the given crisis, exploring the views of the actors involved in the marriage decision-making process, looking at preferences through their own eyes and seeking solutions in their own narratives. 

Drawing on qualitative research undertaken with adolescents with disabilities from refugee and host communities, this article interrogates the framing of child neglect, the state as a protector, adolescent needs and the responsibility of international actors to support human rights of adolescents with disabilities. 

Following a roundtable discussion hosted by ODI and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy in September 2019, this paper shares key insights on how to best address gender in conflict and fragile contexts.

As representatives met for the Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, find out why applying this to fragile and conflict areas is key to accelerate implementation of the Sendai Framework.

Ahead of the UN high-level meeting on sustaining peace, here are strategic actions to help AFPs drive the agenda forward.

Supporting sustainable water services during protracted crises.

Are local actors in Ukraine and Syria able to obtain access to people in need, and if they do, how do they negotiate it?

In northern Niger, many people support sharia over secularism. New research investigates why, and whether it leads to extremism.