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    'Giving out their daughters for their survival' refugee self-reliance, vulnerability, and the paradox of early marriage

    Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2008
    This report examines the widespread occurrence of early marriages in Uganda’s refugee settlements and how this phenomenon relates to the ‘vulnerability’ and self-reliance paradigms which underpin official protection and assistance.
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    UNHCR handbook for the protection of women and girls

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2008
    Today, women and girls everywhere still face greater obstacles claiming and enjoying their rights than do men and boys. Displacement generally exacerbates these inequalities, as does a tendency to focus on human rights abuses in public, rather than private, spheres. Gender inequality is at the heart of sexual and gender-based violence.
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    Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), University of Oxford (QEH)

    The Department of International Development (QEH) is the University of Oxford's centre for development studies and forms part of the Social Sciences Division of the University.
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    The European Union must get serious about women and conflict

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Women’s roles in conflict are hidden, poorly understood and, at times, dismissed. Attention is usually only drawn to women’s roles as victims. The European Union (EU) is becoming more responsive to the different roles that women assume in conflict, but needs a wider understanding of their needs and their ability to promote peace.
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    Women and nation-building

    RAND Corporation, 2008
    This study was undertaken to examine the role of women in post-conflict nation-building. In particular it looks at the impact of post-conflict societal circumstances and nation-building processes on the status and situation of female populations.
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    Girls in fighting forces: moving beyond victimhood

    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 victims, and resisters of violence in Africa.
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    Sierra Leone: getting reparations right for survivors of sexual violence

    Amnesty International, 2007
    In this paper, Amnesty International raises its concern over the lacking commitment of the government in Sierra Leone to provide meaningful reparations to the victims of sexual violence, six years after the end of the conflict.
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    Ending sexual violence in Darfur: an advocacy agenda

    Refugees International, 2007
    Sexual violence defines the conflict in Darfur. This report argues that whilst the primary obstacles to preventing rape and assisting survivors are the perpetrators and the Sudanese government officials, international response has been insufficient.
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    Stronger women, stronger nations: 2007 Kosovo report

    Women for Women International, 2007
    In 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervened to halt the Serbian campaign of ethnic cleansing, ultimately leading to Kosovo being placed under United Nations administration.  Now, eight years later, Kosovo is still under UN administration, its final status still unresolved.
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    Sexual violence against women during conflict: the need for a coordinated effort

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Systematic campaigns of rape in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s have drawn international attention to the abuse of women in times of war. But the number of victims who receive redress or support for rebuilding their lives remains small.

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