Children abused in Darfur

Two important organizations, the Watchlist on children and Armed Conflict report accused the Sudanese government of "apparent deliberate efforts.. to suppress information and prevent agencies form collecting and disseminating details on attacks against children and their protection needs, particularly in Darfur"(par. 2). This shows that not only adults are being tortured but kids as well are suffering. This article was published April 20, 2007 when the United Nations to this problem into account. This abuse of children has been going on since 2004 or even earlier, so it took about 3 years for the United Nations to realize that kids needed to be protected. Children are being raped, tortured, mutilation abducting and gang-raping girls and using kids as combatants(5), these are just a few examples of what kids are going through probably until this day. The situation is not only in Darfur but all around the world. Youngsters are also lacking the education necessary to grow because teachers as well as students are being attacked by military groups. The Watchlist steering committee include Care International, Save the children Alliance, Women's commission soldiers, Norwegian Refugee Council, International save the Children Alliance, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, and World Vision Canada.