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"Don't Forget Us": The Education and Gender-Based Violence Protection Needs of Adolescent Girls from Darfur in Chad

More than 220,000 Sudanese from Darfur have fled the ongoing violence in their region and crossed the border into the desert of eastern Chad. Most of the refugees are now in camps; however, at the time of the Women's Commission visit, several thousand remained on the border or on the periphery of some camps, waiting to be registered. In the midst of this crisis is the education and reproductive health of adolescent girls being neglected? (Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, 2005)

http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/Td_ed2.pdf

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"You'll Learn Not To Cry": Child Combatants in Colombia

At least one of every four irregular combatants in Colombia's civil war is under eighteen years old. These children, mostly from poor families, fight an adult war. Often, child combatants have only the barest understanding of its purpose. They fight against other children whose background is very similar to their own, and whose economic situation and future prospects are equally bleak. With much in common in civilian life, children become the bitterest of enemies in war. (HRW, 2003)

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/colombia0903/index.htm

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'I wanted to take revenge'

Girl soldiers are on the increase in Liberia and beyond. This article looks at why so many actively choose to fight and how important it is for them to be rehabilitated into society after the fighting is over. (Diane Taylor, Guardian Weekly, July 2006)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/story/0,,1824246,00.html

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A Long Way from Home: FNL Child Soldiers in Burundi

During the thirteen years of civil war in Burundi, children were recruited and used as combatants and general help by all sides in the conflict. Most of the rebel groups involved in the war have signed peace agreements with the government and have begun demobilisation. One rebel group that continues to fight against the government, the National Liberation Forces (Forces Nationales pour la Libération, FNL), continues to use children as combatants and for various logistical duties. This report outlines the situations and makes recommendations to the government, FNL and UNICEF on how to ensure child soldiers who served in the FNL are released from custody and to provide for their recovery and reintegration. (Human Rights Watch, June 2006)

http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/africa/burundi0606/

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Adult Wars, Child Soldiers: Voices of Children Involved in Armed Conflict in the East Asia and Pacific (PDF)

UNICEF, 2002. In these pages, current and former child soldiers express their ideas, thoughts, feelings and fears. It is a record of their voices, rather than a search for numbers. With this report, UNICEF seeks to raise awareness and shed light on the specific nature of child soldiering in the East Asia and Pacific region. By placing the issue on the agenda, the report will ultimately identify ways to reduce and end the involvement of children in these conflicts. This report is based on in-depth interviews with 69 current and former child soldiers in six countries in East Asia and the Pacific. Six children were interviewed in Cambodia, 13 in East Timor, 4 in Indonesia, 20 in Myanmar (on the Myanmar-Thailand border), 17 in Papua New Guinea (Bougainville) and 9 in the Philippines. While children from these conflict areas were selected for interviews, other conflicts in the region are also known to use children. (PDF - 826KB)

http://www.unicef.org/publications/pub_adultwars_en.pdf

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Asylums of exploitation: internally displaced children in the worst forms of child labour due to the armed conflict in Nepal [pdf]

The efforts by Terre des hommes, Save the Children Alliance and other organisations to combat child trafficking in Nepal have been complicated by the growing armed conflict, as tens of thousands of children and youth have been forced from their communities to urban areas. Hungry, often separated from friends and families, they can easily end up in the most exploitative forms of child labour. In addition, the efforts by police and government forces to stop child trafficking in Nepal have been compromised as more of their time is devoted to security-related issues.(Terre des hommes Foundation, 2006)

http://www.streetchildren.org.uk/reports/tdh_f_sca06_asylums_of_exploitation%5B1%5D.pdf

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Caught in the Middle: Mounting Violations Against Children in Nepal's Armed Conflict (PDF 510.64 KB)

WatchList, January 2005. The Maoist and government forces in Nepal have killed approximately 10,000 people, including 286 children since the outset of the "People's War" in 1996, according to the Informal Service Sector Centre (INSEC), a leading Nepalese human rights organization. Given the severity of the situation, and the lack of progress in peace talks, it is imperative that the UN Security Council and other high-level members of the international community provide the essential resources and potential remedies necessary to protect Nepali children before any further degradation of their current situation occurs.

http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/np_wl.pdf

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Child Soldiers Series No. 1 - Prevention and reintegration of children involved in armed conflicts i

It is estimated that 120,000 children between 7 and 18 are currently participating in armed conflict across Africa. They are used as porters, messengers, spies or armed combatants. Girls are extremely vulnerable: they are kidnaped and used as "wives" and can also end up on the front lines. These children suffer high physical, social and psychological abuses. They are often orphans or their family ties were destroyed; they commit atrocities in their home villages as part of their "training". Source: International Labour Organization Date: 9 Jul 2002. (ReliefWeb)

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ACOS-64CR6Y?OpenDocument

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Coercion and Intimidation of Child Soldiers to Participate in Violence [pdf]

Child soldiers are often compelled by their commanders to engage in combat operations, participate in human rights abuses against civilians, and carry out punishments against fellow soldiers under threat of severe punishment or execution. In this backgrounder, Human Rights Watch describes methods of coercion and intimidation used against child soldiers serving in armed conflicts in Angola, Burma, Colombia, Liberia, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda (Human Rights Watch,16 April 2008)

http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/crd0408web.pdf

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CONGO CASE STUDY: Aimerance, girl soldier

After two years as a child soldier in Democratic Republic of Congo, being forced to fire a gun and have sex whenever the men wanted, Aimerance is back with her family in the eastern province of South Kivu. The conflict in Congo has claimed 3.9 million lives from violence, war-related hunger and disease since 1998, even though the war officially ended in 2003. (Alertnet, 7 July, 2006)

http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/115253071355.htm

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Crossing Borders

Crossing Borders is a non-governmental and not for profit organisation based at the International People's College in Elsinore, Denmark with branches in Palestine, Israel and Jordan. It applies the concept of cross-border dialogue with a focus on mutual learning and non-violent communication to Arab and Israeli youth in the Middle East, through various programmes, including a magazine written by and for aforementioned youth.

http://www.crossingborder.org

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DRC-RWANDA: Putting the past behind them - former child soldiers prepare to go home

UN estimates say tens of thousands of children have been abducted and forcibly recruited into various armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (12 November 2007).

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75258

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DRC: Children at war, creating hope for the future

One of the most disturbing features of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been the widespread and systematic use of children aged under 18 as fighters, porters, domestic servants or sexual possessions by government forces and armed groups. It is estimated that at least 30,000(1) children were attached to the armed forces and armed groups in the conflict zones of eastern DRC, constituting up to 40 per cent of some forces. More than two years after the official launch of the national demobilisation plan in July 2004, at least 11,000 children are still with the armed forces or groups, or are otherwise unaccounted for. In particular, large numbers of girls are missing. No efforts have been made by the DRC government to trace, recover and assist these lost children. To date, little government effort and resources have been put into the reintegration of released children. In areas of eastern DRC where insecurity persists, other children continue to be recruited, including some who had only recently been demobilised and who are especially vulnerable to re-recruitment. (Amnesty International, 11 October 2006)

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR620172006?open&of=ENG-COD

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Early to War: Child Soldiers in Chad Conflict

The Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale Tchadienne, ANT) is struggling to defeat a Chadian rebel insurgency. In the fall of 2006 both the government and the rebels turned to the recruitment of children as a matter of military survival. Children as young as eight serve as fighters, guards, cooks, and lookouts on the front lines of the conflict (Human Rights Watch, July 2007).

http://hrw.org/reports/2007/chad0707/chad0707webwcover.pdf

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Education in Darfur: a critical component of humanitarian response

Children in Darfur face many challenges in receiving an education: too few teachers, overcrowded classrooms and limited or no supplies, among others. Youth face even more difficult barriers: secondary schools do not exist in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps, leaving young people in the camps with nothing to do and little hope for the future. The ever-worsening security situation in Darfur only makes matters worse. In addition, the crisis, which is nearly four years old, is still viewed by the international community as an "emergency," which means that funding for education is not seen as a priority. This report outlines findings on education from missions taken by the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children in November 2005 and June 2006, and recommends actions the international community can take to ensure that the children and young people of Darfur have a chance to learn while displaced from their homes and communities. (Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, December 2006)

http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/dfeducrit.pdf

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Fighting Back: Child and community-led strategies to avoid children's recruitment into armed forces [PDF 162.86 KB]

Fighting Back looks at the experiences of children living in conflict situations, and focuses on strategies to prevent the recruitment of children into armed groups. Following interviews and discussions with around 200 children and 300 parents and carers in Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone, it highlights a number of preventative strategies used by children, families and communities. The report reveals the complexity of the issue of children's recruitment into armed forces. It highlights the need for context-specific responses to child protection mechanisms, attitudes to recruitment, education and poverty alleviation. (Save the Children, October 2005)

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EKOI-6JFA7N/$FILE/Fighting_Back.pdf?OpenElement

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From Camp to Community: Liberia study on exploitation of children (pfd)

The people of Liberia have experienced ongoing suffering over the past two decades as a result of war and displacement. This 20-page study focuses on children who are in internally displaced people camps and those who have recently been repatriated to their towns and villages of origin after the end of the war. Through focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews, the researchers found that many children in the camps are agreeing to have sex with older men for money, food and other goods and favours. These men are people in authority such as camp officials, humanitarian workers, businessmen, peacekeepers, government employees and teachers. The study explores the ways in which children in IDP camps are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse as they attempt to meet their basic and other needs, and looks at the role and responsibilities of humanitarian agencies to provide more protective systems for the delivery of assistance. (Save the Children UK, 8 May 2006)

http://www.jendajournal.com/issue8/savethechildren.pdf

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Immediate Needs for Iraqi Children In Iraq and Neighboring Countries

Since 2003 nearly 15 percent of Iraq's total population have fled their homes-50 percent of them children. Among those fleeing are doctors, nurses, and teachers. This leaves Iraqi children without access to quality education or basic health care. UNICEF is therefore requesting US $41,750,000 in humanitarian relief for vulnerable Iraqi children and woman in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan over the next six months.

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/attack/consequences/2007/0517unicef.pdf

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Lessons in Terror: Attacks on Education in Afghanistan

Escalating attacks by the Taliban and other armed groups on teachers, students and schools in Afghanistan are shutting down schools and depriving another generation of an education. Schools for girls have been hit particularly hard, threatening to undo advances in education since the Taliban's ouster in 2001. This 142-page report documents 204 incidents of attacks on teachers, students and schools since January 2005. Afghanistan has received a fraction of the funding and peacekeeping support given to other recent post-conflict situations. Violence is escalating, especially in the southern region of Helmand. (Human Rights Watch, July 2006)

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/afghanistan0706/index.htm

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Never Again - Rwanda

Launched in 2002, Never Again Rwanda works to sensitise and engage young Rwandans about peace through creative education such as theatre, music, dance and sports in school clubs.

http://www.neveragainrwanda.org/

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Our Days in Baghdad

A War on the Children, Not on Saddam: A Report of the Asian Peace Mission to Iraq, 13 - 18 March 2003. Mission members include a representative to the Philippine House of Representatives, Prof. Walden Bello, executive director, Focus on the Global South, and a Member of Pakistan's National Assembly.

http://www.focusweb.org/content/view/112/95/

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Overcoming Lost Childhoods: Lessons learnt from the rehabilitation and reintegration of former child soldiers in Columbia [pdf]

This report summarises the lessons learned and recommendations from research into the specific rehabilitation and social reinsertion needs of former child soldiers in Colombia. Given the critical importance of the reintegration phase, Y Care International and YMCA Bogota have focused on lessons learned from Colombia's reintegration programme as it represents the most difficult and determinant phase in the life of a former child solider (Y Care International, January 2008).

http://www.child-soldiers.org/Overcoming_Lost_Childhoods_-_Colombia_-_Y_Care_International_-_January_2008.pdf

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Report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children

This report, which is based on the in-depth study of Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General pursuant to General Assembly resolution 57/90 of 2002, provides a global picture of violence against children and proposes recommendations to prevent and respond to this issue. (United Nations General Assembly, 9 August 2006)

http://www.violencestudy.org/IMG/pdf/English.pdf

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Rewrite the Future: Education for children in conflict-affected countries [pdf]

No child should have to pay the price for adults' wars, but increasingly they do. Millions of children are killed, millions more are injured, and millions spend their entire childhood in camps and other temporary shelters. Children cannot wait for conflict to end before we begin to address their educational needs. It is shameful that, in 2006, there are still 115 million children around the world who are denied their right to primary education. It is even more disturbing that one-third of these children are being kept out of school because of the effects of conflict. This report is part of Save the Children's five-year Rewrite the Future education initiative, which seeks to help millions of children in conflict-affected areas gain access to and reap the current and future benefits of a quality education. (International Save the Children Alliance, 2006)

http://www.savethechildren.org/rewrite-the-future/RewritetheFuture-PolicyReport.pdf

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Serious Abuses No Bar to U.S. Military Aid

Washington is providing military aid to six of the countries cited in the U.S. State Department's latest series of human rights reports for recruiting and using child soldiers. They are Afghanistan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda. (William Fisher, InterPress Service, 11 April 2008)

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/11/8218/

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