Sierra Leone and Conflict and security
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- The BLDS conflict collection
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- Search for the latest conflict-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Investing in post conflict youth development
- D. Mac-Ikemenjima / Academic Journals, 2008
- Young people are susceptible to being used as perpetrators of conflicts and civil disorders, yet they remain the most vulnerable and the most affected in post conflict communities. However, young people are also the greatest resource ...
- How are violent conflict and poverty connected?
- Patricia Justino / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- Violent conflict affects poor people disproportionately. It affects their assets, livelihoods, education and health. It can force them to leave their homes and destroy their social networks. Poverty can also act as a trigger for confl...
- Which way next for Sierra Leone?
- A.B. Zack-Williams / Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2007
- This collaborative work discusses Sierra Leone’s quest for sustainable democracy, peace and development. It traces the problems back to the root and examines what course the future might take and what is needed for the...
- EU response to women and armed conflict
- A. Sherriff; K. Barnes / European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2008
- Women’s multiple and diverse roles in conflict are hidden, poorly understood and, at times, consciously or unconsciously dismissed. Women are usually perceived as victims and analysis tends to examine exclusively this idea. This...
- Lessons from the UN peace building commission in Sierra Leone and Burundi
- A. Street; J. Smith; H. Mollett / ActionAid International, 2008
- Published to coincide with the Peace-building commission’s (PBC’s) own first annual report to the General Assembly in June 2007, this report assesses the first year of the PBC’s work in its first two focus countries:...
- What can be learned from experience of building paths to peace in Sierra Leone?
- R. Hanson-Alp / Conciliation Resources, 2007
- This paper looks at the issues surrounding building peace in Sierra Leone. It particularly focuses on addressing some key success stories through documenting the work of peace monitors and the Bo Peace and Reconciliation Movement (BPR...
- Integrating youth into the post conflict reconstruction of Sierra Leone
- M. Zeesman; J. Perlman Robinson; D. Quick / Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
- This document summarises the findings and recommendations of a visit to Sierra Leone to assess the challenges facing displaced young people after the war. The authors looked at young people’s needs, what services appear to...
- Can traditional justice mechanisms deliver in post-conflict settings?
- L. Huyse (ed); M. Salter (ed) / International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2008
- This report seeks to assess the role and impact of traditional mechanisms in post-conflict settings. It examines the role played by traditional justice mechanisms in dealing with the legacy of violent conflict in five African countrie...
- Institutional challenges for wetland management in Sierra Leone
- R. Maconachie / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- Sierra Leone has recently emerged from a long period of political instability and civil war, and is ranked among the world’s poorest countries. Thousands of displaced people are in the process of returning totheir villages to re...
- The challenge of ensuring justice in post-conflict society
- S. Pillay; H. Scanlon / Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2007
- This paper reports on a seminar held at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town, South Africa on truth, reconciliation, and war crimes' tribunals in Africa - with particular respect to the theme, ‘peace versus just...
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