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The struggle after combat: the role of NGOs in DDR processes, synthesis study
Human Security Gateway, 2008Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) has emerged as a pre-eminent tool for states emerging from intra-state conflict.DocumentCommunity self-mobilisation to end open defecation
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008With the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach, communities analyse their sanitation conditions, understand the impact of open defecation on health and the environment, and take collective action to end open defecation (OD).DocumentRefugees are not receiving adequate reproductive health care
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Many people who flee their homes during periods of crisis do not have refugee status because they have not crossed an international border. These people, especially women and girls, often do not receive the reproductive health care they need.DocumentStrengthening citizens' security
Conciliation Resources, 2008Rebuilding trust in state apparatus is a significant challenge for nations emerging from intra-state conflict. This is particularly acute in citizens relations with national security forces – during a long war the public may have experienced little or no ‘protection’ and may have been the victims of abuse by the armed forces or police.DocumentPower, livelihoods and conflict: case studies in political economy analysis for humanitarian action
Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2003What analytical tools can humanitarian agencies use to understand complex emergencies? What insights does political economy analysis produce for humanitarian interventions? This report documents the findings of an Overseas Development Institute study of four conflict environments in 2001-2: Afghanistan, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and the Casamance in Senegal.DocumentYouth development, reintegration, reconciliation and rehabilitation in post-conflict West Africa: a framework for Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire
Academic Journals, 2008Young 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 people are also the greatest resource to achieving reconciliation and reconstruction. This is because of their innovation, energy, enthusiasm and exuberance.DocumentChallenges for growing food in wetlands in post-conflict Sierra Leone
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Sierra Leone recently emerged from ten years of political instability and civil war. Thousands of displaced people have been returning to their villages to rebuild their livelihoods, which are mainly based on agriculture. Despite previous failures in developing wetlands for agriculture, the government has identified inland valley swamps as a vital resource for producing food such as rice.DocumentAre teachers facing a motivation crisis?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Achieving the education-related Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of basic education for all by 2015 will be a major challenge for national governments, especially as concern is growing that teachers are becoming increasingly demotivated. Is there a crisis in motivation among teachers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and if so, why? How can teachers be adequately motivated?DocumentCan certified timber reduce conflict in developing countries?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Trade in illegal timber is a major threat to global security. It directly funds armed combatants in many conflicts around the world. It also encourages deforestation, which causes climate change and environmental degradation, leading to further conflicts over resources. Could timber certification help to end the illegal timber trade and reduce conflict?