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  Sierra Leone and civil war: neglected trauma and forgotten children

  Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2006

  In the Sierra Leonean armed conflict (1991-2002), thousands of men, women and children were deliberately maimed by means of the infamous 'short' or 'long' sleeve limb amputations.
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  Children and armed conflict in the northeastern part of the Island of Sri Lanka

  Child Rights Information Network, 2006

  This report by the Child Protection Authority of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Peace Secretariat documents and discusses the role of children in the armed conflict in Northeast Sri Lanka.
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  Guidebook to planning education in emergencies and reconstruction

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2006

  This guidebook seeks to support educational authorities working to provide access to quality education for children affected by conflict and other emergencies. This guide is mainly directed at national, provincial and district managers of ministries of education in countries affected by emergencies or hosting refugees.
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  Violence against girls in Africa

  International Committee of the Red Cross, 2006

  This paper draws attention to the many ways in which girls experience violence during armed conflict or crises, and briefly presents some of the activities carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to protect and assist them.The paper categorises strategies into five categories.
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  Struggling to survive: children in armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Watchlist/Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, 2006

  This paper reports on the situation of children in the context of DRC’s humanitarian crisis.In the last few years, some progress has been achieved for children. Thousands of children have been demobilised from armed forces and groups.
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  A fighting chance: guidelines and implications for programmes involving children associated with armed groups and armed forces

  Save the Children Fund, 2004

  These guidelines reflect the combined experience and thinking of International Save the Children Alliance members who have worked with children associated with armed groups and armed forces. The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance to policy-makers, advocacy initiatives and field-based programmes.
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  Nothing left to lose: the legacy of armed conflict and Liberia’s children

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2004

  This report presents information on ongoing violations of Liberian children’s security and rights.
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  Child protection in emergencies

  Save the Children [Sweden], 2005

  In this report, Save the Children discuss their key protection programme priorities for children in emergency situations. These priorities are used to guide sustainable field activities, use resources efficiently and target advocacy efforts to achieve systemic change.
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  Pawns of politics: children, conflict and peace in Northern Uganda, 2nd edition

  World Vision International Resources on Child Rights, 2005

  This report documents the impact of the war in northern Uganda, where more than 30,000 children have been abducted and forced to work as soldiers and sex slaves, and includes new information about prospects for peace. The report looks specifically at the social and economic costs of the conflict, and processes to end the conflict.
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  Fighting back: child and community-led strategies to avoid children’s recruitment into armed forces and groups in West Africa

  Save the Children Fund, 2005

  This report looks at the experiences of children living in conflict situations, and focuses on strategies to prevent the recruitment of children into armed groups. Following interviews and discussions with around 200 children and 300 parents and carers in Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone, it highlights a number of preventative strategies used by children, families and communities.

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