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  The people shall govern: a research report on public participation in policy processes

  Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2006

  This research paper critically investigates some of South Africa’s post-apartheid policy-making processes, in order to assess the extent to which ordinary citizens have been empowered to understand policies and articulate their opinions, needs and aspirations in relation to these policies.
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  Regional media in conflict: case studies in local war reporting

  Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 2000

  This book explores the ways in which media promote and reflect conflict.
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  Islands of safety in a sea of guns: gun-free zones in South Africa’s Fothane, Diepkloof, and Khayelitsha

  Small Arms Survey, 2006

  This report looks both at the process whereby Gun Free Zones (GFZs) were set up in South Africa and at the impact they have had to date. Quantitative data such as crime and firearms data, as well as a GFZ audit carried out in 2000, provide some broad insights, particularly at the national level.
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  Demanding attention: addressing the dynamics of small arms demand

  Small Arms Survey, 2006

  This paper aims to inform the debates that will shape the outcomes of the 2006 Review Conference reviewing the 2001 ‘Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects’.
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  Now that the war is over: ex-combatants, transition and the question of violence: a literature review

  Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2005

  This report aims to explore the role of ex-combatants who are often considered to continue to pose a threat to peace and security in countries emerging from extensive violent conflict.
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  Neither war nor peace

  Children and youth in Organised Armed Violence, 2005

  This study identifies a number of regions affected by children and youth in organised armed violence (COAV), exploring causes and trends of the problem as well as suggesting policy oriented guidelines for policy makers within the international forum for the implementation of practical steps to treat COAV.
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  Reintegration into civilian life: the case of former MK and APLA combatants

  Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2003

  The history of armed struggle against apartheid in South Africa meant that, following the end of the apartheid regime, the country was left with a multitude of armed forces, each of which had the potential to destabilise it.
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  The impact of HIV/AIDS on humanitarian assistance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  HIV/AIDS and emergencies are now at the top of the humanitarian policy agenda. The combined effect of climatic, economic and social issues led to a crisis in several countries in southern Africa during 2002–2003. This crisis brought to the forefront the complex interactions between HIV/AIDS, food security, livelihoods and humanitarian action.
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  Report of the Southern Africa civil society consultation

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This paper reports on the Southern Africa regional consultation conference on the Commission for Africa (CFA). Participants came from civil society groups from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia. At the conclusion of the two day meeting the participants released a communiqué of the meeting and its deliberations.
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  Providing security for people: security sector reform in Africa

  SSRonline, 2003

  This document is a collection of articles about Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Africa. They emphasise the importance of viewing SSR programmes in a multi-disciplinary way, and as a practice that involves the sequencing of many programme areas.The paper argues that SSR sequencing strategies can be better guided by macro-level strategic policy, which also helps develop more local integration.

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