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Gender-Based Insecurity and Opportunities for Peace: Supporting the Reintegration of Young War-Affected Mothers
Miranda E Worthen,Susan McKay,Angela Veale,Michael G. Wessells +3 more
- Vol. 3, Iss: 3, pp 36-45
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The article was published on 2011-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sierra leone & Participatory action research.read more
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I and i
TL;DR: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one, which seems an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.
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The Reintegration of Young Mothers in Northern Uganda: Considering Post-War Spaces for Change
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined three different approaches to the post-war reintegration of war-affected and formerly abducted young mothers in Northern Uganda, as well as the social, political, and cultural barriers to re-integration.
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Transformative spaces in the social reintegration of former child soldier young mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Northern Uganda
TL;DR: In this paper, a participatory action research (PAR) study aimed to facilitate the social reintegration of formerly associated young mothers and other war-affected vulnerable young mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and northern Uganda.
Challenges for DDR in Colombia: Experiences of Former Girl-soldiers.
Torres Hernández,María José +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the impact of gender inequalities in the Colombian society on the recruitment of children to join the Colombian armed conflict and found that women represented between 40% and 50% of the guerrilla ranks.
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War and reintegration for girls and young women in northern Uganda: A scoping review.
Michelle Savard,Sonia Michaelsen +1 more
TL;DR: The authors conducted a scoping review to examine the literature written about these abducted and war-affected young women, and argued for a more nuanced representation of women formerly engaged with armed groups, and argue for a gendered, inclusive approach to reintegration programming.
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I and i
TL;DR: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one, which seems an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.
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Where Are the Girls? Girls in Fighting Forces in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone and Mozambique: Their Lives During and After War
Susan McKay,Dyan Mazurana +1 more
TL;DR: McKee et al. as mentioned in this paper presented a report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, focusing on Prevention of and Response to Sexual Violence in Emergencies.
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Young Soldiers: Why They Choose to Fight
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the reasons that adolescents who are neither physically forced nor abducted choose to join armed groups, and they challenge conventional wisdom to offer a thought-provoking account of the role that war, poverty, education, politics, identity, family and friends all play in driving these young men and women to join military life.
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High Hopes, Grim Reality: Reintegration and the Education of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
Theresa S. Betancourt,Stephanie Simmons,Ivelina Borisova,Stephanie Erin Brewer,Uzo Iweala,Marie de la Soudière +5 more
TL;DR: The state of the Sierra Leonean educational system before and after the war and its role in the reintegration ofFormer child soldiers is examined and the perspectives of former child soldiers, their caregivers, and community members on the role of education in reintegrating former child Soldiers into society are presented.
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Building meaningful participation in reintegration among war-affected young mothers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Northern Uganda
TL;DR: When young mothers, formerly associated with armed groups, return to communities, they are typically social isolated, stigmatised, and marginalised as discussed by the authors, which creates reintegration challenges for themselves, and their communities.