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Developing Culturally Relevant Indicators of Reintegration for Girls, Formerly Associated with Armed Groups, in Sierra Leone Using a Participative Ranking Methodology
This article describes a participative ranking methodology for identifying local understanding of reintegration and adjustment of potential value in programme planning and evaluation. It was applied in the specific context of girls formerly associated wit
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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
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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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Briefing for the Committee on the rights of the Child-Pre-sessional Working Group Jan/Feb 2008
This report provides supplementary information on Sierra Leone's second periodic report on the implementation of the CRC. The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children submits a briefing to each Pre-sessional Working Group of the Commit
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Increasing visibility and promoting policy action to tackle sexual exploitation in and around schools in Africa. A briefing paper with a focus on West Africa
This briefing paper seeks to raise awareness of the problem of sexual exploitation in and around schools in the West African region. It also highlights problems with regards to limited evidence and explores policy implications. It aims to support Plan’s r
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High Hopes, Grim Reality: Reintegration and the Education of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
A number of studies have explored aspects of education relating to the reintegration of former child soldiers into their communities and have shown the negative effects of child soldiering on the educational and economic outcomes of former child soldiers.
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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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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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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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Can the powerful protect? How the UN Security Council needs to shape up to protect children
This study, published by the International Save the Children Alliance, examines how well Security Council reports reflect the problems facing children affected by conflict. It focuses on the Security Council because it's the only global decision-making fo