ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the findings of a doctoral study that examined experiences and perspectives of wellbeing of a group of young children in a conflict-affected context in Sri Lanka. The stakeholders should consider the links of the root causes of the armed struggle to social inequality including access to education, opportunities to learn in one’s native language and other life opportunities for different communities in Sri Lanka. The chapter analyses young children’s experiences and views in terms of care and rights and discusses these along with the perspectives of adult participants. It provides the socio-ecological model for human development and the children’s rights framework as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) provide the overarching conceptual framework to the findings. The UNCRC emphasises children’s right to primary education, which needs to be recognised and protected, even in conflict-affected settings.
