This Managing Exits from Armed Conflict Research into Action report examines why children’s participation in peacebuilding so often fails to translate rights commitments into meaningful political influence. Dr Sean Molloy finds that children’s participation is constrained less by their capacity or willingness to engage, but more by adult gatekeeping, safeguarding regimes, institutional fragility and political volatility. The findings – drawn from original research with practitioners – offer crucial insights into the organisational and political work required to ensure children’s influence in post-conflict contexts.
Citation: Sean Molloy, ”Reframing Child Participation in Today’s Conflict-Affected Contexts”, MEAC Research into Action, UNIDIR, Geneva, 2026, https://doi.org/10.37559/MEAC/26/02.