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Intersection of Disabilities and Violence Against Women and Girls in Tajikistan
Based on the views of women and men between the ages of 18-65 living with disabilities or parenting children with disabilities, this study explores the links between disabilities and violence against women and girls. It finds that women and girls with dis
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Partnerships in Conflict: How violent conflict impacts local civil society and how international partners respond
Despite many years of partnership between international and local aid organizations, international organizations are often not aware of how violent conflict affects local and national civil society organizations. There is also a lack of understanding of h
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When Merely Existing is a Risk: Sexual and gender minorities in conflict, displacement and peacebuilding
International Alert presents an in-depth review of research conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Columbia, Lebanon and Nepal on the vulnerabilities of sexual and gender minorities (SGM) in peacebuilding and post-conflict settings. Gender identify and sexu
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Why Young Syrians Choose to Fight: Vulnerability and resilience to recruitment by violent extremist groups in Syria
International Alert, one of the world’s leading peacebuilding organisations with 30 years of experience, has published this qualitative report on what makes young Syrians vulnerable to recruitment by extremist groups in the Syrian conflict and explores so
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'Bad Blood': Perceptions of children born of conflict-related sexual violence and women and girls associated with Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria
Sexual violence is a prevalent factor of the ongoing conflict in northeast Nigeria. Hundreds of women and girls have been raped by fighters belonging to Jama’atul ahl al-sunnah li da’awati wal jihad (JAS), known globally as Boko Haram. Many of the women a
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Conflict-sensitive Approaches to Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and Peacebuilding: A resource pack
Over the last decade there has been a growing realisation that humanitarian assistance sometimes feeds conflict rather than alleviates it, and that development aid sometimes exacerbates tensions. This has led to the development of tools to understand the