Uncounted Lives: Children, Women and Conflict in the Philippines: A Needs Assessment of Children and Women Affected by Armed Conflict, 2007
Ibon Foundation;Children's Rehabilitation Center; Center for Women's Resources; UNICEF Manila
E-mail:pstcrrc@gmail.com, lfajardo@unicef.org

The armed conflicts in the Philippines have been on-going for nearly four decades-between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP) and between the AFP and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Bangsamoro Islamic Auxiliary Force (MILF-BIAF). There has been fixed positional fighting and also mobile guerilla warfare.

This book draws from the experiences of villages from eight provinces nationwide: Abra, Mindoro Oriental, Capiz, Leyte, Surigao del Sur, Compostella Valley, North Cotobato and Maguindanao. It looks into how children, women and communities have been affected by the conflicts as well as into their capacities, efforts and struggles to overcome adverse situations. The book also begins to look deeper into the phenomenon of "child soldiers" and of other children who become involved in the armed conflicts, from the perspective of the children themselves as well as of the communities and the major armed groups involved.>/p>