Why Canada must step up to protect children in a period of global turmoil

By Catherine Baillie Abidi, Associate Professor, Child & Youth Study, Mount Saint Vincent University
Izabela Steflja, Associate Professor, Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
Kirsten J. Fisher, Associate Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Myriam Denov, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Children, Families and Armed Conflict, McGill University

Violence against children is a global crisis. States must take urgent action to prevent it or the cost will continue to impact communities around the world.

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