Child Protection and Resilience

In a rapidly urbanising world, the number of children living in informal settlements in urban areas is growing. The life these children face can be characterised by chronic insecurity and precarious living conditions. But beyond the challenges are stories of adolescents’ resilience, optimism and coping mechanisms.

This qualitative research in 2 informal urban settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, explores how adolescents perceive the risks in their community and the kinds of coping strategies they mobilise in order to manage and mitigate adversity and insecurity.

Categories: Protection from violence Tags: Gender-based violence, Safer Cities

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