Girl child soldiers
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Refugee girls in states affected by armed conflict
- ( Women's Refugee Commission , 2009)
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More than 140 million girls live in fragile states affected by armed conflict. As they flee from war, girls face many dangers, including rape, landmines, gunfire and hunger. They may be recruited i...
- Female combatants in African wars
- ( C. Coulter;M. Persson;M. Utas / Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala , 2008)
- Young women are not only combatants in contemporary African wars, they also participate in a whole array of different roles. By and large, though they remain invisible in these contexts to northern po...
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...
- 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...
- Examining the experiences of child soldiers in Sierra Leone
- ( D. Myriam / Child Rights Information Network , 2005)
- This document reports on a project that engaged former child soldiers as participant researchers examining the experiences and psychosocial effects of children’s involvement in armed conflict in Sierr...
- More can be done to protect girls in situation of armed conflict
- ( D. Mazurana; K. Carlson / United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women , 2006)
- To support efforts to strengthen and develop policy and programmes to prevent and or address the grave rights violations against girls in conflict situations, this paper documents and analyses some of...
- Guidelines for working with child soldiers
- ( Save the Children Fund , 2004)
- These guidelines reflect the combined experience and thinking of International Save the Children Alliance members who have worked with children associated with armed groups and armed forces. The purp...
- Guidelines for ending child and youth involvement in armed groups and forces
- ( Save the Children Fund , 2005)
- This report highlights that the risks of conflict impacting directly on children has greatly increased, as has the involvement of children in hostilities. Children are used in a variety of roles, for ...
- Conference highlighted the issues inherent in working with child mothers in conflict
- ( M. Robinson; S. McKay / Rockefeller Foundation , 2005)
- This conference paper summarises discussions and conclusions reached at the conference on "Girl mothers in fighting forces and their post-war reintegration in southern and western Africa" held at the ...
- Protection requirements for girls associated with armed groups
- ( M. Hobson / Save the Children Fund , 2005)
- This report addresses the protection issues for children associated with armed groups and, more specifically, to the largely unrecognised protection requirements of girls. It draws on recent research ...
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