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This report consolidates findings from a rapid participatory consultation with: (1) migrant girls in the Northeastern Colombia border region, (2) front-line practitioners providing services to migrant children and their families, and (3) Save the Children teams in Colombia.
This report is part of a global research series on girls on the move.
El presente estudio aborda la realidad del impacto de la migración forzosa en niños, niñas y adolescentes venezolanos. A partir de ello, se realizó una misión en Arauca para documentar el impacto de la migración en esta zona fronteriza y su relación con el conflicto armado en Colombia. Así mismo, se tomó la decisión de replicar los datos nacionales obtenidos junto a Datanálisis, los cuales fueron obtenidos debido a la relevancia que estos han tenido para permitir el monitoreo del impacto que posee la migración en los niños, niñas y adolescentes. Adicionalmente se complementa dicha información…
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…
Two sisters in Colombia who were separated when they were children after an avalanche destroyed their town have been reunited 30 years later. The sisters, Jaqueline and Lorena Sanchez, were separated in 1985 when a volcano in Tolima erupted, killing at least 20,000 people. The two sisters were adopted by separate families and spent years looking for each other. The two were reunited after DNA tests, a social media campaign and with help from the Armando Armero Foundation which was set up to help victims of the disaster in Tolima.