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Youth Development, Reintegration, Reconciliation and Rehabilitation in Post-conflict West Africa: A framework for Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire
Between 1990 and 2006 alone there have been several conflicts (intra and inter) across Africa. In Rwanda, DR Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Somalia, Uganda, Angola; Africa and Africans have been victims time and time again to these c
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Capacity building workshop facilitating the participation of boys and girls from a rights based approach in education
Various Save the Children offices came together in Cõte d'Ivoire 23-27 September 2008, for a ‘Capacity building workshop facilitating Participation of Boys and Girls from a Rights based approach in Education'. The workshop represents Save the Children’s c
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Youth and Conflict. A Toolkit intervention
This toolkit from USAID examines youth participation in violent conflict and draws out lessons for development programming. It asserts that those (particularly young men) who are uprooted, intolerant, jobless and have few opportunities could represent a r
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Forgotten casualties of war: Girls in armed conflicts
"Forgotten casualties of war: Girls in armed conflict" shows, through a combination of research and case studies, the harsh reality of life for girls forced to work with armed groups, and calls on the international community to ensure that girls associate
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Education in Emergencies: A tool kit for starting and managing education in emergencies
This document offers a toolkit on education in emergencies. The first section attempts to clarify what is meant by education in emergencies. It goes on to explore which children are typically affected by an emergency and how their education opportunities
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Fighting back- Child and community-led strategies to avoid children’s recruitment into armed forces and groups in West Africa
This report reveals the complexity of the issue of children’s recruitment into armed forces. It highlights the need for context-specific responses that focus on child protection mechanisms, attitudes towards recruitment, education and poverty alleviation.
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Fighting poverty to build a safer world. A strategy for security and development
This strategy paper by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) outlines how DFID, through its commitment to fighting poverty, can help tackle insecurity among the poor. It explains the complex connections between security and de
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Protecting Children in Emergencies- Escalating threats to children must be addressed. Policy Brief, Vol. 1, No.1, Spring 2005
Since 1990, over 2 million children have died as a direct result of armed conflict. At least 6 million children have been permanently disabled or seriously injured, and more than 1 million have been orphaned or separated from their families. In contrast t
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No place like home? Children’s experiences of reintegration in the Kailahun District of Sierra Leone
Much work has been done to determine effective strategies for ensuring children’s safe return to families and communities, but less attention has been paid to children’s well-being once back in their villages or towns of origin. Save the Children UK condu
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Child soldiers: CRC Country Briefs
Supplementary report to Liberia's initial report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, prepared by The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. In the context of ongoing conflict, reports indicate that the Armed Forces
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Note for Implementing and Operational Partners by UNHCR and Save the Children-UK on Sexual Violence & Exploitation: The Experience of Refugee Children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
'Note for Implementing and Operational Partners by UNHCR and Save the Children-UK on Sexual Violence & Exploitation: The Experience of Refugee Children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone based on Initial Findings and Recommendations from Assessment Missi
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Let's engage the boys- Proceeding report 1st Pan African Seminar on partnering with boys and young men to address gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS
A Seminar Proceeding Report of the "1st Pan African Seminar on Partnering with Boys and Young Men to Address Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS", providing analyses and methods of partnering with boys and men, as an addition to partnering with girls and w