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Caught in Crossfire: Children and education in regions affected by civil strife
Save the Children's report 'Caught in Crossfire: Children and education in regions affected by civil strife' finds that children and education are huge casualties in strife-torn regions in India. According to the report, a large number of villages, especi
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Protecting Children in Armed Conflict. Key rules from Geneva Call's Deed of Commitment [Karen]
Geneva Call's training manual entitled Protecting Children in Armed Conflict. Key rules from Geneva Call's Deed of Commitment (Karen language). The aim of the manual is to help disseminate and explain the obligations of the Deed of Commitment protectin
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Handbook on participatory methods for community-based projects: A Guide for programmers and implementers based on the participatory action research project with young mothers and their children in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Uganda
A Handbook on Participatory Methods for Community-Based Projects. This has been designed to help integrate more participatory methods into programming for vulnerable populations, especially war affected young adults and children. In Liberia, Sierra Leone
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No war, no peace: the denial of minority rights and justice in Sri Lanka
With the end of the conflict between Sri Lankan government forces and the Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam (LTTE or ‘Tamil Tigers’) in 2009, normality has returned for much of the population of Sri Lanka. But for members of the country’s two main minorit
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Building meaningful participation in reintegration among war-affected young mothers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and northern Uganda
When young mothers, formerly associated with armed groups, return to their communities, they are typically more isolated socially, stigmatized, and marginalized. This creates reintegration challenges for themselves, and their communities.Their children fa
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Training Manual on Child Rights and Child Protection for UNIFIL Peacekeepers
War is part of everyday life for millions of children. Some have never known any other life while others live in the midst of civil wars, armed insurgency, and/ or under long-term occupation by a foreign army. For others, the world is suddenly turned upsi
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Priority to protect: Preventing children’s association with village defence militias in southern Thailand
This joint report from Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and Justice for Peace Foundation focuses on evidence of the association of boys under the age of 18 with Chor Ror Bor (Village Defence Volunteers), one of the government-established villag
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This is what we demand. Justice! Impunity for sexual violence against women in Colombia's armed conflict
Sexual violence is endemic to Colombia’s long-running armed conflict, now in its fifth decade. Colombia’s security forces, paramilitaries and guerrilla groups have all targeted women and girls to exploit them as sexual slaves, to wreak revenge on their ad
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Case Study: Supporting children affected by armed conflict in Colombia
In Central Colombia's Meta Department, recruitment of children by the paramilitary through kidnapping and coercion is common. The project that Save the Children is developing in the area involves advocacy work and training of public employees and local au
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Bridging the Accountability Gap: New approaches to addressing violations against children in armed conflict
Across the globe, a dramatic gap exists between efforts and outcomes in realizing accountability for grave violations against children in situations of armed conflict. To address this gap many practical opportunities exist. This report by Conflict Dynamic
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Community-Based Reintegration of War-Affected Young Mothers: Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Liberia, Sierra Leone & Northern Uganda
During the past decade, the international community has come to recognize that girls participate in armed groups and forces in substantial numbers. The majority of girls associated with armed forces or armed groups (CAAFAG) do not go through formal or inf
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Reporte Internacional Anual 2012 sobre la Infancia en la Guerra: Los Dos Congos de la Guerra
The International Annual Report 2012 on Children affected by war has been published on the occasion of the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers (12th February), and the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Optional Protocol on