The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called on President Museveni's new government to renew its commitment to fulfill and protect the rights of its children and women. In particular, UNICEF called on the new government to bring greater resources and political will to end the 20-year armed conflict in northern Uganda that has displaced 1.7 million people, including 935,000 children. "The conflict in northern Uganda tragically shows, in clear terms, how children continue to be the first casualties of violence, insecurity and poverty. It is unconscionable that in the same country where one child can access the full range of his or her rights, another child living a few hours' drive away lives deprived of even the most basic services," the UNICEF representative in Uganda said. Read more at The Monitor.

The Survey of War Affected Youth has produced its second research brief, titled "The Psychosocial Resiliency of Youth in Northern Uganda." Download it here.