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Globalization of knowledge and scholarship raises the challenges of dialogue between Global North and South. Northern knowledge and voice remain privileged, while writing from the South often goes unread. This is true also in emerging adulthood and care-leaving scholarship. The special issue of Emerging Adulthood titled “Care-Leaving in Africa” is the first collection of essays on care-leaving by African scholars. It presents both care-leaving and emerging adulthood scholars from the Global North a unique opportunity to consider the implications of a rising…
This report aims to bring global attention to the challenges related to the reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups, and promote better policy, practice and funding in the future. The findings are based on a literature review and primary research in Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo, and interviews with government departments, UN agencies, NGOs and civil society in Colombia, Iraq and South Sudan. The global financial analysis was undertaken in 2018.
This report identifies key barriers to reintegration programming that War Child has…
The 21-22 June 2017 Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings was the second in a series of regional consultations focused on engaging experts within the region to collaborate, share learning, and formulate a set of regional recommendations for key actors to effectively address violence against children within all care settings,…
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The present report, submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) and subsequent resolutions on children and armed conflict, is the fifth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Sudan to be submitted to the Security Council and its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict and the first such report since the secession of South Sudan in July 2011. Covering the period from 1 March 2011 to 31 December 2016, the report is focused on the trends and patterns of the six categories of grave violations committed against…
The Inter-Agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children (2004) underline the importance of identifying, registering and documenting unaccompanied and separated children as quickly as possible in an emergency context, whether a natural disaster or an armed conflict. Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) has traditionally relied on outdated methods of registration, with data being recorded on paper and later entered into a database system. This results in precious hours and days being lost in efforts to reunite children with their…