Women and girl soldiers
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- 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...
- 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...
- Key issues and methods for understanding the common impact of conflict on women
- ( US Agency for International Development , 2007)
- This guide describes the ways in which conflict and fragility may increase gender inequities and suggests programming approaches that address these issues while building on the strengths of women. It ...
- Addressing violence against women in conflicts
- ( A. Brody / Eldis News Weblog , 2007)
- Violence against women (VAW) is being seen increasingly as the biggest obstacle to gender equality and quality of life for women on a global scale. Several new publications highlight the issue of VAW,...
- Protecting girls in fighting forces: the cases of Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone and Mozambique
- ( S. Mackay; D. Mazurana / Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development , 2004)
- Girls in fighting forces have suffered major human rights violations, especially gender-based violence. The aim of this book is to inform child protection advocacy at all levels about the presence of ...
- After the war: female ex combattants' political activities in Guatemala
- ( W. Hauge / International Peace Research Institute, Oslo , 2007)
- This report focuses on how the female fighters of the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) in Guatemala fared in the demobilisation and reintegration process that began in 1997, and to w...
- 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...
- School fees preventing female participation in education
- ( Save the Children Fund , 2005)
- Universal right to education? Perhaps in theory, but not in reality. This booklet shows that school fees are the single largest global barrier to girl's education, preventing 60 million from participa...
- 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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