Talk:Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration

Truism without source?

Anyone know where this came from? --Petercorless 16:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Peace therefore is required for development, but development is required for peace.

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New Proposed Article

Hello,

A group of us (students from the University of Chicago) are going to create a new article about rehabilitation and reintegration of child soldiers. Below is our proposed outline and sources. Please let us know if anyone has any input. The link to this article will go in that page under “See also”

Definitions that are currently in place. Will reformat into some sort of table or box to look more presentable and will give it citations to give it authenticity. Maybe see if a reputable source such as the WHO has a definition for DDR (Disarming, demobilization, and reintegration efforts). Will use other information from the DDR wikipedia page.

Outline:
I. Child recruits
II. Female recruits
III. Case Study: Sierra Leone

-Short historical backdrop

IV. Case Study: Colombia

-Short historical backdrop

-Paramilitary

-Guerrilla

V. Case study: South Sudan

-Short historical backdrop

-Reintegration and challenges

VI. Lessons Learned: Factors needed for successful rehabilitation and reintegration

• The most difficult part where be knowing where to draw the lines between sections because some recruits may be both a child and a female. Also, perhaps finding some sort of infographic may be helpful with statistics and such.

Sources:
•Betancourt, Theresa Stichick. "Sierra Leone’s Former Child Soldiers: A Follow-Up Study of Psychosocial Adjustment and Community Reintegration." PsycEXTRA Dataset. doi:10.1037/e517292011-112. A case study of Sierra Leone but looks specifically at psychosocial adjustment and community reintegration through a follow-up study of former child soldiers. Kimberly Theidon; Transitional Subjects: The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of Former Combatants in Colombia , International Journal of Transitional Justice, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 March 2007, Pages 66–90, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijtj/ijm011

  -This article focuses on the disarming, demobilization, and reintegration efforts (DDR) and how they must be placed in a transitional justice focus with not only an eye to the transition of the ex-combatant himself but also the transition of society and whether they will be accepting or not. This will be an interesting read to see the social consequences (ostracization, exclusion, and prejudice) imposed on those belonging to one of these groups. Focuses specifically on Colombia in the context of recent peace talks.

•Mazurana, D. E., McKay, S. A., Carlson, K. C., & Kasper, J. C. (2002). Girls in fighting forces and groups: Their recruitment, participation, demobilization, and reintegration. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 8(2), 97-123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/S15327949PAC0802_01

  -This article focuses specifically on girl recruits and the challenge they face when being reintegrated back into society. We think this article would inform the section on female recruits since we believe they face a very different kind of trauma after instances of sexual abuse and forced abortions. 

•Nussio, Enzo. 2012. "La vida después de la desmovilización. Percepciones, emociones y estrategias de exparamilitares en Colombia." Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes.

  -This are articles that were cited in the paramilitary and guerrilla pages on Wikipedia and were the only ones cited under reintegration. Focuses on perceptions, emotions, and strategies for reintegration. Might be able to extrapolate to child soldiers since often these children are taken when they are very young

•Williamson, John. "The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of Child Soldiers: Social and Psychological Transformation in Sierra Leone." Intervention 4, no. 3 (2006): 185-205. doi:10.1097/wtf.0b013e328011a7fb.

  -Provides another case study of DDR efforts in Sierra Leone

•Derluyn, Ilse, et al. "Toward a Relational Understanding of the Reintegration and Rehabilitation Processes of Former Child Soldiers." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, vol. 22, no. 8, Sept. 2013, pp. 869-886. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/10926771.2013.824058.

  -Providing a social context to understand reintegration of former child soldiers

•Stevens, Amy Jane. "The Invisible Soldiers: Understanding How the Life Experiences of Girl Child Soldiers Impacts upon Their Health and Rehabilitation Needs." Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 99, no. 5, May 2014, pp. 458-462. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-305240.

  -Impact of being a child soldier specific to girls, special needs for rehabilitation

•Betancourt, Theresa S, et al. "Psychosocial Adjustment and Mental Health in Former Child Soldiers-- Systematic Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Research." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, vol. 54, no. 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 17-36. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02620.x.

  -“This article reviews the available quantitative research on psychosocial adjustment and mental health among children (age <18 years) associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG)--commonly referred to as child soldiers.”

•Borisova, Ivelina I., et al. "EFFORTS to PROMOTE REINTEGRATION and REHABILITATION of TRAUMATIZED FORMER CHILD SOLDIERS Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone: The Role of Caregivers and Their Awareness of the Violence Adolescents Experienced during the War." Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma, vol. 22, no. 8, 2013, pp. 803-828. EBSCOhost, proxy.uchicago.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edswss&AN=000209303800002&login.asp&site=eds-live&scope=site.

  -The role of caregivers in the reintegration of child soldiers, specific to Sierra Leone 

•Skårås, Merethe. "Educational and Social Challenges in the Reintegration Process of Former Child Soldiers." Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy & Praxis, vol. 12, Jan. 2017, pp. 243-263. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1108/S1479-358X20140000012012.

  -For Sudan case study, reintegration challenges in education and social aspects in South Sudan 

•Ensor, Marisa O. "Child Soldiers and Youth Citizens in South Sudan's Armed Conflict." Peace Review, vol. 24, no. 3, Jul-Sep2012, pp. 276-283. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/10402659.2012.704247. For Sudan case study, documentation of the stories of several child soldiers in South Sudan Muller, Brigitte, et al. "When Community Reintegration Is Not the Best Option: Interethnic Violence and the Trauma of Parental Loss in South Sudan." International Journal of Health Planning and Management, vol. 32, no. 1, n.d., pp. 91-109. EBSCOhost, proxy.uchicago.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edswss&AN=000396411500014&site=eds-live&scope=site.

  -For Sudan case study, challenges with community reintegration in South Sudan

•FEGLEY, RANDALL. "Comparative Perspectives on the Rehabilitation of Ex-Slaves and Former Child Soldiers with Special Reference to Sudan." African Studies Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring2008, pp. 35-69. EBSCOhost, proxy.uchicago.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=52222746&site=eds-live&scope=site.

  -For Sudan case study, rehabilitation efforts and analysis specific to South Sudan

•Arrieta, Alba L. "Resocializing Colombian Child Soldiers." Church & Society, vol. 94, no. 3, Jan. 2004, pp. 81-85. EBSCOhost, proxy.uchicago.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lsdar&AN=ATLA0001599829&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

  -Provides a discussion on the need to mentally disarm child soldiers as to resocialize them back to society, namely in Colombia

•"' 'One Cannot Take Away the Stain': Rejection and Stigma among Former Child Soldiers in Colombia': Correction to Denov and Marchand (2014)." Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, vol. 20, no. 4, Nov. 2014, p. 411. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1037/pac0000066.

  -Follows the path of former colombian child soldiers in adapting to civilian life and dealing with past traumas

•Wessells, Michael G. "Reintegration of Child Soldiers: The Role of Social Identity in the Recruitment and Reintegration of Child Soldiers." Understanding Peace and Conflict through Social Identity Theory: Contemporary Global Perspectives., Shelley McKeown, et al., Springer International Publishing, 2016, pp. 105-120. Peace psychology book series; ISSN: 2197-5779 (Print), 2197-5787 (Electronic). EBSCOhost, proxy.uchicago.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2016-30985-007&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

  -Discusses identity confusion in the rehabilitation process

•Denov, Myriam and Ines Marchand. "'I Can't Go Home'. Forced Migration and Displacement Following Demobilisation: The Complexity of Reintegrating Former Child Soldiers in Colombia." Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, vol. 12, no. 3, Nov. 2014, pp. 331-343. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1097/WTF.0000000000000051.

  -Looks into the geographical displacement caused by being a child soldier with a focus on Colombia

•BETANCOURT, THERESA S., et al. "High Hopes, Grim Reality: Reintegration and the Education of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone." Comparative Education Review, vol. 52, no. 4, Nov. 2008, pp. 565-587. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tfh&AN=35236211&site=ehost-live.

  -Article gives a look into the education of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone as a part of the reintegration process

•Zack‐Williams, Tunde B. "Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone and the Problems of Demobilisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration into Society: Some Lessons for Social Workers in War‐Torn Societies." Social Work Education, vol. 25, no. 2, Mar. 2006, pp. 119-128. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/02615470500487085.

  -Highlights issues with the rehabilitation of child soldiers back into society

•Veale, Angela, et al. "Transformative Spaces in the Social Reintegration of Former Child Soldier Young Mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Northern Uganda." Peace & Conflict, Feb. 2017, pp. 58-66. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1037/pac0000212.

  -Focuses on the reintegration of female child soldiers often forced to marry during their time fighting

Can you fix this section so it's easier to read? It looks like an absolute eye sore presently. ( SailingOn (talk) 00:26, 13 February 2018 (UTC) )

Does this look better? Sorry about that! Sepulvedalu (talk) 03:08, 13 February 2018 (UTC) Luisa