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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- Investing in post conflict youth development
- ( D. Mac-Ikemenjima / Academic Journals , 2008)
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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 p...
- Children in the Chhattisgarh conflict
- ( Child Rights Information Network , 2008)
- This report updates information on the use of children by all parties to the conflict in India’s Chhattisgarh state, the harm they have suffered, and the adverse impact of the conflict on childr...
- Programmes targeting displaced and returning populations in Nepal
- ( The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children / Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children , 2008)
- In 1996, an armed Maoist insurgency grew out of the Communist Party of Nepal and resulted in 10 years of conflict, human rights violations perpetrated by both the government and the Maoists, and large...
- Forced marriage in the Lords Resistence Army, Uganda
- ( K. Carlson;D. Mazurana / Feinstein International Center, USA , 2008)
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This paper focuses on the experiences of those women and girls forcibly married within the Lords Resistence Army (LRA) in Uganda, and their attempts to reintegrate in civilian life after captivity....
- Giving girls in conflict affected areas a fair chance
- ( N. van der Gaag / Plan International , 2008)
- This report focuses on girls living in the shadow of war. It outlines how girls are affected differently from every other section of society in countries teetering on the edge of conflict, during war ...
- Understanding the situation of child soldiers around the world
- ( Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers , 2008)
- This report contains detailed information on child soldier recruitment and use in 197 countries. It also, where relevant, provides information regarding disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration p...
- Confronting issues for female youth in northern Uganda
- ( J. Annan;C. Blattman;K. Carlson;D. Mazurana / Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University , 2008)
- As peace talks being brokered by the Government of southern Sudan offer the prospect of an end to one of Africa’s longest conflicts (between the Government of Uganda and the Lords Resistance Arm...
Integrating youth into the post conflict reconstruction of Sierra Leone
- ( M. Zeesman;J. Perlman Robinson;D. Quick / Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children , 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&rsqu...
- 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...
