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The main focus of this article is on the effects of intrastate war and the reintegration of Liberian child soldiers into their families and former communities. In this context, legal frameworks for the protection of children, types of recruitment (forced, persuasive, and “voluntary”), reasons for recruitment, and the need for personal protection are dealt with. Also discussed are disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration processes, roles of communities, provision of psycho-social support and care to reintegrated child soldiers, the physical, social and emotional effects they…
This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the “Parents Make a Difference” program, conducted by the International Rescue Committee and research partners at Duke University. The Parents Make a Difference program is an intervention that serves families in post-conflict, Lofa County, Liberia. The program was implemented in 2012–2013. The evaluation assesses the impact of the program on three primary outcomes: 1) caregivers’ parenting practices; 2) children’s cognitive, social, and emotional outcomes; and 3) malaria prevention behaviors. Among its conclusions, the research team…
This research brief provides an overview of an impact evaluation of the “Parents Make the Difference” program, conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and research partners at Duke University. The “Parents Make the Difference” program is a parenting intervention aimed at promoting the well-being of children in post-conflict Liberia. The brief describes the evaluation, presents the primary results, and summarizes the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluation, highlighting the lessons learned.
Based on evaluation by Puffer. E., Annan, J., Sim, A., Salhi, C. &…
This research was focused on the population of children who fled war in their own country (Côte d’Ivoire or Liberia) and are now living with a foster family in rural Guinea. A team of researchers spent sixteen days in a randomly selected location near the Ivorian border and searched for such children.
The study found that there is likely a large population of informally resettled refugee children living with local families. In this community, informal settlement appears to be working, as there is an impressive child protection capacity in the area. All children…
This survey highlights efforts to disarm, demobilize and reintegrate former child soldiers in Cambodia, Colombia, El Salvador, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Kosovo, analyzing them in terms of policy and legal issues, political context and program implementation. The special needs facing the former child soldiers are discussed along with political situation and child protection in each country. Conclusion, lessons learned, challenges and recommendations are presented at the end of the survey.
This survey stresses that disarmament; demobilization and reintegration programs need to…