Abducted: The Lord's Resistance Army and Forced Conscription in Northern Uganda
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Q2. What were the objectives of the project?
The objectives of the project were:1. to improve the data-management capacity of all reception centers; 2. to digitize all reception center data; 3. to measure and analyze the overall incidence of abduction based on those data; 4. to assess characteristics associated with abduction; and 5. to provide recommendations aimed at improving the process of reintegrating former LRAabductees into their communities.
Q3. How long did women stay with the LRA?
Fourteen percent of females who passed through a reception center in the district of Apac self-reported that they had been “given” to commanders and 10 percent reported giving birth while in captivity.
Q4. What are the main activities of the camps?
Housed in separate units, boys and girls usually spend the day together undertaking a range of activities, including counseling, song and dance, sports, and vocational training.
Q5. What is the purpose of the UPDF?
A special Child Protection Unit of the Ugandan People’s Army (UPDF) was established to routinely deliver to the reception centers children and youth who have been captured in gun battles or escaped from the LRA.
Q6. How many children have been abducted by the LRA since the late 1980s?
32Abducted: The Lord’s Resistance Army and Forced Conscription in Northern Uganda- 1 -Since the late 1980s, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a spiritualist rebel group with no clear political agenda, has abducted tens of thousands of children and adults to serve as porters and soldiers.
Q7. How many people have been abducted by the LRA?
Rebel commanders have forced girls, some as young as 12 years old, to serve as sexual and domestic servants1 and forced their fighters to inflict horrific injuries by cutting off the ears, noses, lips, and limbs of defenseless civilians.
Q8. What is the main point of the article?
Rather than creating a set of general services for formerly abducted people (e.g. resettlement packages), emphasis should be placed on integrated, community-based programs that invest in youth and children in northern Uganda, including those who were never abducted.
Q9. What are the main objectives of the report?
At the same time, a targeted response should address specific needs of subgroups of abducted people, including reintegration and psychological support services.
Q10. How many former LRA abductees were staying at reception centers?
Abducted: The Lord’s Resistance Army and Forced Conscription in Northern Uganda- 2 -few, if any, former LRA abductees staying at reception centers as of April 2007.
Q11. How long did the LRA abductees stay with the army?
Abducted: The Lord’s Resistance Army and Forced Conscription in Northern Uganda- 3 -• LRA abductees have suffered a wide range of abuses during their captivity.