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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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State of the World’s Mothers 2003 Report: Protecting women and children in war and conflict
The 2003 annual report on the State of the World’s Mothers focuses on the women and children whose lives have been shattered by armed conflict, bringing attention to critical protection needs in war-torn communities around the world. The report suggests a
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Psychosocial adjustment and social reintegration of child ex-soldiers in Sierra Leone: Wave II Follow-Up Analysis (IRC)
A follow-up study of youth who had been associated with the RUF rebel group in Sierra Leone and were subsequently part of the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) community reintegration program following formal disarmament and demobilization in the cou
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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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HIV and Conflict: A double emergency
In this report, Save the Children calls upon governments, donors and humanitarian agencies to uphold children's rights and channel resources into preventing the 'double emergency' of HIV/AIDS and armed conflict. In the decade ahead, HIV/AIDS is expected t