Twenty-eight million children are "deprived of education because of armed conflicts" that expose them to such "targeted attacks on their schools," to "rape" or "sexual violence", says Unesco in a report released Tuesday. Of the 67 million children of school age in primary school who are not in school, "42% or 28 million, live in poor countries plagued by conflict," the agency said in this report, The Hidden Crisis: armed conflict and education.
This figure of 28 million relates to 2008, said at the Unesco, adding having no previous statistics. One major problem is that "parties to conflict deliberately attacking children and schools," said the director of the report, Kevin Watkins. So in Afghanistan, at least 613 attacks against schools were listed in 2009 against 347 in 2008.
In addition, sexual violence and rapes had been "widely used as tactics of war," the fear of sexual abuse, including "prevents children from attending school, particularly girls," said the report still . Unesco challenges the humanitarian system, which "misses the children" in these countries, partly because "less than 2% of humanitarian assistance" (or 149 million, or approximately 108 million euros) was allocated to education, "which makes it possible to answer only a tiny number of aid applications for this sector," said Watkins.
The agency intends to establish an international commission on rape and sexual violence supported by the International Criminal Court and "fix the system of humanitarian assistance," including developing mutual funds. 
This figure of 28 million relates to 2008, said at the Unesco, adding having no previous statistics. One major problem is that "parties to conflict deliberately attacking children and schools," said the director of the report, Kevin Watkins. So in Afghanistan, at least 613 attacks against schools were listed in 2009 against 347 in 2008.
In addition, sexual violence and rapes had been "widely used as tactics of war," the fear of sexual abuse, including "prevents children from attending school, particularly girls," said the report still . Unesco challenges the humanitarian system, which "misses the children" in these countries, partly because "less than 2% of humanitarian assistance" (or 149 million, or approximately 108 million euros) was allocated to education, "which makes it possible to answer only a tiny number of aid applications for this sector," said Watkins.
The agency intends to establish an international commission on rape and sexual violence supported by the International Criminal Court and "fix the system of humanitarian assistance," including developing mutual funds.
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