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Bridging security and development:People-centred approaches needed
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Strategies for securing peace that have worked in Afghanistan are unlikely to work in Iraq or Somalia. Yet, interventions by international organisations and countries in crisis areas continue to follow the same formula: first condemnation, then sanctions, then military action.DocumentConflict prevention is cost-effective
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Preventing conflicts could be more beneficial and cost-effective. However, preventive action may be unsuccessful or only delay the start of violence. In some cases, predicted conflicts would not have taken place even in the absence of preventive action. How can the international community plan cost-effective conflict prevention activities?DocumentTowards effective anti-corruption tools in Africa: strengthening international and regional anti-corruption conventions: nine UNCAC and AU Convention Implementation Reviews
Transparency International, 2007This paper documents case studies which analyse anti-corruption measures and highlight the main shortcomings of the reform process in Africa. A common feature in most countries is the absence of comprehensive national strategies to combat corruption, as well as a lack of real political will to implement reforms.The document details case study findings from nine different African countries.DocumentProtection solutions for displaced women and children
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Women and children face unique risks during times of conflict and related displacement, including rape, domestic violence, child abuse, exploitative labour and so on. In these situations, community-based programs, designed in consultation with affected women and children, offer the most sustainable protection.DocumentEnding violence against women: programming for prevention, protection and care
United Nations Population Fund, 2006Violence against women manifests itself in different ways in different societies - from psychological abuse and physical harm to early marriage and ritual slavery - and the pathways to success vary.DocumentEnding violence against women: programming for prevention, protection and care
United Nations Population Fund, 2006Violence against women manifests itself in different ways in different societies - from psychological abuse and physical harm to early marriage and ritual slavery - and the pathways to success vary.DocumentWhere are the girls? girls in fighting forces in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone and Mozambique: their lives during and after war
Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2004Girls in fighting forces have suffered major human rights violations, especially gender-based violence.DocumentProgramming to address violence against women: 10 case studies
United Nations Population Fund, 2006Violence against women is slowly becoming more and more an issue for public debate and action. This report documents 10 case studies from dirferent developing countries that provide examples and lessons informing best practice that can be used to confront the problem on an international scale.DocumentThe shame of war: sexual violence against women and girls in conflict
Integrated Regional Information Networks, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2007This IRIN publication is a reference book and photo essay of portraits and testimonies of the sexual violence women suffer when men go to war.DocumentAvoiding disarmament failure: the critical link in DDR. An operational manual for donors, managers, and practitioners
Small Arms Survey, 2007This paper aims to highlight some of the most important obstacles to disarmament in whilst serving as a manual for practitioners using real world examples to suggest ways of navigating through these obstacles.Pages