Impact of Conflict on Children in Nepal (A Case Study of Shaktikhor VDC,Chitwan)

Abstract

This researchstudy onthe impact of conflict on children inShaktikhorVDC of Chitwan district explores causes of armed conflict and itsconsequenceson the local people. The study has been primarily targeted forthe study of children living in the turmoil of conflict. The specific objectivesof the study are following: (i) to analyze the causes conflict intoShaktikhorVDC, (ii) to assess consequences of conflict in the study area and (iii) to findout the impact of conflict on children. Data have been collected through primary and secondary sources. Theprimary data have been collected through field visit and secondary data havebeen collected from official sources and publication. The research design to thisstudy has both descriptive and analytic. Data have been collected throughquestionnaire, key informants, focus group discussion and interview. Thecollected data have been analyzed through tabulation, percentage and pie-chart.The limitation of this study has focused in specificareas that areShaktikhorVDC with limited time framework. It has been found inChitwan district that children have been sufferedmore or less in area due to conflict. There have been prevailing differentproblems as social, educational and conflict. Due to conflict, they arepsychological disturbed? Different types of threats, social isolation, sleep disturbance, shoutingafter seeing the crowd are the psychological factors, which have been faced.They have not got the rights of health educational and survival right properly.There have been hampered due to conflict. They have not been escaped fromphysical torture also. Their families have been compelled to donate subscriptionto Maoist in the name of 'People's war'. Children have faced different types ofrisks as separate from parents, orphaned, abducted, sign of trauma, physicalexploitation, forced to laborer and out of school. They have been afraid to speakout about the armed conflict and compelled to tolerate it silently. Finally, most of the children have suggested to safe land the conflict.After the ceasefire and solved through negotiation, still they are suppressed.From this we can say that they were observed the conflict with near. Becausewe all civilian human right activist, politicians, socialists, have viewed on thefavor of ceasefire, negotiation are peace talk,without negotiation, peace talk,there is no safe land of armed conflict. This research study has presented findings with a set ofrecommendations, in addition, suggested issues for further research.