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The study of child soldiering: issues and consequences for DDR implementation

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An increasing number of children are actively participating in armed groups, drawing attention to the issue of child soldiering from both international humanitarian organisations and the academic community. Despite this interest, there is a lack of explicit attempts to bring the insights of these two arenas together. More specifically the theoretical issues raised by the scholarly community have not been incorporated into disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) practices. This article combines these two arenas to show that questions related to age, gender, agency and the recruitment of child soldiers in particular have not yet been resolved, leading to problems in the implementation of child-centred DDR programmes.

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  • Roos Haer, 2017. "The study of child soldiering: issues and consequences for DDR implementation," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(2), pages 450-466, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:38:y:2017:i:2:p:450-466
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1166946
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    1. Krzysztof Krakowski, 2022. "Adjustments to gang exposure in early adolescence," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 59(3), pages 337-352, May.

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