Among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Northern Uganda are an estimated 44,000 "night commuters" in Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts. The night commuters are mostly children, adolescents and women who flee their villages or IDP centres each night for town centres seeking safety from LRA attack. These night commuters represent only a small portion of the IDP population, but their situation dramatically illustrates how inadequate protection has led to increasing violence against children and adolescents.