Children in Conflict
Among the millions adversely affected by protracted conflict and militarisation, children are most vulnerable. From familiarity to gun culture and trauma due to exposure to extreme violence, children have to bear the scars of conflict all throughout their lives.
A boy in Chizami village, Nagaland, India, plays with a life size replica of an assault rifle. The Naga struggle against India is more than six decades old, leading to widespread violence involving state and non-state agencies.
Children orphaned by political violence in pray during a football match for peace in Dimapur, Nagaland, India. The Naga struggle against India is more than six decades old, leading to widespread violence involving state and non-state agencies.
Sumeira and her brother lost their father in an army raid in their locality in Srinagar, Kashmir.
Children play with guns made of bamboo in Darlak village, Mizoram, India. Mizoram is the only place in India where the government conducted aerial bombing on it own citizens, to quell the Mizo nationalist armed struggle. The village had a camp of the paramilitary forces and the children were quick to pick up gun play.
Children at an orphanage in Srinagar, India. These children were orphaned by violence during army operations against secessionist armed groups.
Mother and son in their newly built house in Manja, Assam. The previous one was burnt down during ethnic violence.
A child with a replica assault rifle in the town of Moreh, Manipur, bordering Burma. Manipur is one of the most heavily militarised places in India.
A child waits with her mother to collect water at a camp of people by ethnic violence in western Assam. The child was born in the camp. They would never go back to their villages.
Children carry drinking water at a camp for people displaced by ethnic violence in Diphu, Assam.