Children, youth and conflict
- Early to war
- Both the Chadian government and the FUC have been cooperating with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to identify and demobilise child soldiers in their ranks. While this is to be applauded, how to ensure government’s stated commitment to these efforts is being translated to the field level?
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- Early marriages in Uganda's refugee settlements
- ( Refugee Law Project, Uganda , 2008)
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This report examines the widespread occurrence of early marriages in Uganda’s refugee settlements and how this phenomenon relates to the ‘vulnerability’ and self-reliance paradigm...
Developing a framework for organisations working on the reintegration of child soldiers
- ( V. Thomas / Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers , 2008)
- Y Care International’s experience working with at-risk and vulnerable children and young people in Colombia, including child soldiers, has made apparent the need to share lessons learned and goo...
Children in armed conflict: current trends and concerns
- ( Reliefweb , 2007)
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This document is the annual report from the Secretary-General. It details progress in the implementation of SC Resolution 1612 – ending the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict a...
How can children in Africa be better protected from the effects of armed conflict?
- ( A. Ayinla;M.A. Mindzie / Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT) , 2007)
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This paper reports on a seminar discussing the theme, ‘strengthening the African Union Framework for the Protection of Children Affected by Armed Conflict’. The aim of the seminar was t...
- Providing a clear framework for the protection of children in emergencies
- ( Y. Sperling / Children and Armed Conflict Unit, University of Essex , 2007)
- Save the Children’s emergency strategy states that child protection interventions are to be part of every first phase response and subsequent recovery. This document details both Save the Childr...
- Why include girls in post-conflict programmes?
- ( M. Denov / Capacity Development Web Site, Canadian International Development Agency , 2007)
- This paper examines the experiences of girls in armed conflict. Focusing on the extent to which girls are marginalised during and following armed conflict, it traces the perspectives of girls as victi...
- The Lord’s Resistance Army and abductions in Northern Uganda
- ( P. Pham;P. Vinck;E. Stover / Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley , 2007)
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Since the late 1980s, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group in Uganda, has abducted tens of thousands of children and adults to serve as porters and soldiers. Girls were forced to s...
- Conducting a course on conflict and children
- ( T. Hoffman / UC Santa Cruz, Psychology Department , 2007)
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This paper outlines how the writer conducts a university-level course on children and war. It is of particular relevance to other educators wishing to learn insights from teaching this difficult is...
- Can a security governance approach help ensure children's security in post-conflict situations?
- ( D. Nosworthy / Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces , 2007)
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This document discusses elements of the post-conflict peace building process such as Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR). It also highlights the imp...
- A toolkit for training young peace-builders
- ( C. Hulley / Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa , 2007)
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This document presents the trainers manual which accompanies the participants pack for a youth peace building training session. The long term objective of the training is to bring about change...
