New Working Paper! Justice for Forcibly Displaced Girls
We’re delighted to introduce the latest report in the Justice for Children Working Paper Series. This series explores new & novel insights key to securing the realisation of justice for children, as core to justice for all.
Deliberate action to address the gaps and challenges faced by forcibly displaced girls is essential to achieve access to justice for all.
By mid-2025, nearly 117.3 million people had been forcibly displaced due to ‘persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, or events that severely disrupt public order.’ Children (under 18 years old) account for 40% of this population. However, the complex ways in which displacement affects girls’ access to justice are often overlooked.
This working paper Justice for Forcibly Displaced Girls: Responses to Current Gaps and Challenges contributes to the child-centred justice agenda of the Global Working Group on Justice for Children by focusing on forcibly displaced girls within the global justice gap. Special emphasis has been placed on SDG16.2: 'put an end to abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all forms of violence and torture against children', and SDG16.7 to ‘ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels. It also includes recommendations for the achievement of justice for girls, aligned with the Gamechangers to Achieve Justice for Children.
At the same time, this paper also speaks directly to the discussions of the 70th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s (CSW70) priority theme of ‘ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers.’ See our activities at CSW70 here!
As global actors work towards ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, we have an opportunity to highlight the challenges experienced by forcibly displaced girls.
