Conclusion
This chapter has described and accounted for the particular dominance of the spatialized approach to child protection efforts as designed at the global level. This was the precursor to discussion of the limitations of this approach when applied to the oPt.
The intention in discussing the problematic implications of spatialization was not simply to draw attention to the need for greater contextualization of globally defined approaches - important though this is in an era of increasing standardization. A deeper aim of this chapter has been to consider the obstacles to questioning normative thinking and standardized practice. As suggested, the spatialization of child protection is partly the product of trends of thought within humanitarianism and in relation to children as these have developed through the twentieth century in Europe and North America. In the setting of the oPt, however, we can also see how spatialization serves the institutional needs of implementing organizations and the agendas of major western donors. In essence, the pursuit of programming built on the assumption of children’s separability from the predations of the occupying forces provides both humanitarian agencies and donors with the opportunity to be seen to be making a contribution to Palestinians’ lives while avoiding direct challenge to Israel over its systematic violation of international law. As a consequence, the sources of risk to children remain. More worrying still, the evident goal of the Israeli government and settlers of enclosing the Palestinian population within ever-shrinking enclaves is potentially enabled by an approach to child protection that seeks to enclose the lives of the young within “safe space.” Ironically, such “safe space” and the inaction that it partially conceals may constitute a considerable threat to young Palestinians in their current lives and for their future.
Source:
Harker C., Horschelmann K. (Eds.). Conflict, Violence and Peace. Springer,2017. — 456 p.. 2017
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