Compelling and humane, this book reveals the lives of the 300,000 child soldiers around the
world, challenging stereotypes of them as predators or a lost generation. Kidnapped or lured …

This study aims to collapse the often gendered opposition of agency and victimhood that
typically characterizes the analysis of women's coping strategies in war zones. The term …

The international community's efforts to halt child soldiering have yielded some successes.
But this pernicious practice persists. It may shift locally, but it endures globally. Preventative …

Childhood Deployed examines the reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone.
Based on eighteen months of participant-observer ethnographic fieldwork and ten years of …

Young People and Everyday Peace is grounded in the stories of young people who live in
Los Altos de Cazucá, an informal peri-urban community in Soacha, to the south of …

Academic literature rarely gives an account of the ethical challenges and emotional pitfalls
the researcher is confronted with before, during and after being in the field. Giving personal …

This article problematises the 'vulnerables' category that the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees applies to groups of refugees. Drawing on 9 months' qualitative …

At the heart of the discourse and practice of children's rights lie basic assumptions about the
relationship between the young and the nation-state. On one hand, the lives of children are …

Christina Clark-Kazak, a former international aid worker, uses extensive interviews done in
Kampala and Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda, to present the narratives of ten young …

Background Worldwide, thousands of children are acting in different roles in armed groups.
Whereas human rights activism and humanitarian imperatives tend to emphasize the image …